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national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

2

long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)

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reading comprehension

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short; brief

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the other day; lately; recently; during this period

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red-horned demon; red ogre

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written description of one's thoughts

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(horned) blue demon; blue ogre

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true friend; close friend

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friend; pal; buddy; mate

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unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); person who is unable to read the room; danger prevention (e.g. in the workplace)

3

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

1

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

1

to be amused; to find something interesting

1

later (on); afterwards

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staff room

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how; in what way; I wonder

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annoying; noisy

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

1

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

1

flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless

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in a fluster; in a panic

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objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

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to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty

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to become settled; to be fixed

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suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously

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awe; fear; dread; fright

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cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer

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to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple

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obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity

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impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions

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to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention

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everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty

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shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

1

fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

1

eyebrow; eyebrows

1

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

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motive; incentive; motif

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reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre

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to catch

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in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately

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Jack Bauer

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mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit

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creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

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to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts

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at least; at most; (even) just

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apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

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