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as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

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votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse

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meeting hall; assembly hall

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clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

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to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape

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our country; our land; one's own country

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expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread

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disheveled hair; unravelled hair

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to dye; to colour; to color

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breaking down; defeating; abolishing

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to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out

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the current ...; this; today's ...

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diamond; diamond; infield; diamonds (suit)

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works cited; references

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out of print

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to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

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Ruri

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romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

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within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)

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writing; composition; essay; sentence

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take this opportunity (to apologize, thank, explain, etc.)

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unsung hero; person who does a thankless task

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Ootemachi

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both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)

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social life; social intercourse

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personal relations

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A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.

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theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

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pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after

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one's hometown

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militant; aggressive

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(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement

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paradise; Eden

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Ikebukuro

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Capricornus (constellation); Capricorn; the Goat

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field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice

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Minamiikebukuro

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statelessness

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Nakano

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Kioichō

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early afternoon

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dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim

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I can relate (to that); that happens to me as well; that's all too familiar to me; something often encountered or experienced; something many people can relate to; all-too-familiar story

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mame mochi; rice cake pounded with steamed black soybeans

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sweet tooth; love of sweet things

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range; stove; cooker; microwave oven

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to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in

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eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)

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water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema

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cc (email); carbon copy; cubic centimeter; cubic centimetre; milliliter

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