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(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle

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crack detective

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to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening

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surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

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unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness

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foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money

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instability; insecurity; crankiness

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Arishima Takeo (1878-1923)

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anthology; collection of works

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to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

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unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome

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abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

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as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

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perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime

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to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

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in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

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stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage

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actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

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to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

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reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

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cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

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to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

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empty stomach; hunger

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to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

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minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

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to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

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to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

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satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

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having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something

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to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into

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one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section

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grape; grapevine

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one scene (in play)

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classmate

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paint; coloring materials; colors; colours

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to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

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that; the matter in question

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to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

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teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

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to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

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to burst (open); to break; to split

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knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

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softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

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tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section

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to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm

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famous scene (in a movie or play)

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contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

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pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

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sadness; sorrow; grief

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(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

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