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famous; fame

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cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka

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autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication

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absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

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assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)

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general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

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literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

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to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

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to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

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adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

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adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified

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make-up; makeup; cosmetics

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female university student; female college student

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childish; child-like; immature; infantile

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growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

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degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

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powering up

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to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

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event

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19; nineteen

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-years-old

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(not) even once; (not) ever

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leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

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great haste; mad rush

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shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable

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bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

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to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

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sender; consignor; remitter

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frequent; incessant

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once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals

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to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

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few in number

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alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion

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certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

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something like ...; something called ...

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they; those guys

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by all means; at all costs; absolutely

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vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

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beautiful woman; (a) beauty

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schoolboy; male student

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jest; joke; funny story

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Ikebukuro Station

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meeting place

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izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks

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several months

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it's been a long time; long time no see

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to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

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