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mom; mommy; mama; mother

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Oobayashi Nobuhiko (1938.1-)

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short-term

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week

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promotion (school, military, etc.)

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cream; ice cream

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one digit; one column; the "ones" column

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remaining; left-over; excess

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school record (on a student); transcript (of grades); confidential report

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ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

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to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

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dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course

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University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)

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bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden

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to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly

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information exchange

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Flanders; Flandars

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zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)

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to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition

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don't

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to become clumsy; to miss one's aim

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to pee; to piss

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excretory organ

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in process; during execution; runtime

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urge to urinate

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clearing one's mind of all mundane thoughts

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ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)

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information technology; IT

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small apartment rented by the week

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living by oneself; living alone

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excessive meddling (esp. by parents); excessive interference

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one's family (home) background (environment)

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high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)

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when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

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having said that; on the other hand

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(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present

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automatic lock; automatic door-locking system

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intercom; interphone

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good evening

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to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

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Takashima Reiko (1964.7-)

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(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt

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enterprise; business; company; corporation

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company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)

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seldom; rarely; scarcely

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folk song; folk music

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to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

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wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza

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yum cha; eating snacks (esp. dim sum) with tea

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Jackie Chan

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