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to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

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inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

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to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to

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taking a class; studying a subject; completing a course

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comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

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timewise; temporal; chronal

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to save money

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second half; latter half

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Golden Week; GW

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every month; monthly; month by month

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pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance

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making do; getting by (somehow); managing

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news; word; tidings; omen

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to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)

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Saturday

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six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)

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Ikebukuro Station

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east entrance; east exit

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

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attempting to change one's image when one starts university

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image change; changing one's image; makeover

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shopping area within a train station

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restaurant (esp. Western-style)

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menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu

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Skype

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to get in touch with

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information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

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

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tremendous; immense

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to be popular

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concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

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earnings

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surely; certainly; without doubt

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commerce; trade; business

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the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

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to emphasize; to attach importance to

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monthly publication; monthly issue

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comic book; manga magazine

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first; new

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serialization; serialisation; serial story

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continuation

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romantic comedy; rom-com

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first time; first; initial

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publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

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leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

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next month

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one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around

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