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site; website

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showy; ostentatious

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rise; increase; upload; posting online; close-up; completion of filming; upswept hairstyle

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article; news story; report; account

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printout; (computer) printing

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in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

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existence; possession; having; limited company

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famous place; noted place; place of (scenic or historical) interest; sights (to see)

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Ozaki

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No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)

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autobiography

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beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill

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subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea

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glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes

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just because; even if; even though

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in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other

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elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)

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to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

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bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac

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antisociality; antisocial nature

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swelling; enlargement

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narcissism; self-love

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self-expression

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lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation

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self-mutilation; self-injury

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epicureanism; hedonism

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to check; to compare

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deviation; departure; (accidental) omission

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(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

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to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

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universal love (regardless of race, borders, religion, etc.); universal benevolence

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(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid

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comparison

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sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense

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evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

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to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people; to possess a capacious mind

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flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics

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to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

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in range; within the limits (of ...); within (a) range

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(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

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I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

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paranormality; anomalous phenomenon

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to lay aside; to set aside

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boy; juvenile; child

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having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects

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riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

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though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as

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general term; generic name

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outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer

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