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light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style

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friendship; amity

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to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

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illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece

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to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide

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to open the door

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next; secondly; subsequently

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far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

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to recover consciousness; to come to

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in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data

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to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

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alternately; by turns; one after the other

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root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune

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end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

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to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown

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to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

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carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone

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to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

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owner; possessor

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age lowering; reduction in age

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one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object

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to be suspicious (of)

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mechanical ineptitude; being hopeless with machines

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unfortunately; sorry, but ...

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personal computer; PC

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inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience

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like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else

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remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?

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news

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antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions

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being too late; losing one's final chance

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impassioned speech; fervent speech

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your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

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centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental

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spattering; splotching; step-by-step; little-by-little; soon; clicking; clacking

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inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing

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icon

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night sky

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pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

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groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat

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to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)

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artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

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fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic

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rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)

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reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer

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going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"

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to leave one's seat

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briskly with small steps; trotting

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drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

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introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)

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