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beckoning

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brick

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to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

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to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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checking one's e-mail

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(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity

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image; picture; portrait

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indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution

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men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

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to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

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sunglasses

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standing at attention

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posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

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past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

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round face; moon face

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to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

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peace sign; V sign

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husband and wife; married couple

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stone wall

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long-term

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trip abroad; overseas travel

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Okinawa (city, prefecture)

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here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

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island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

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everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes

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south

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ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

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exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

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staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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to continue without end; to go on to eternity

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is not; am not; are not

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looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance

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to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank

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dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

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all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

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clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

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hair style; coiffure; hairdo

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too much; excessive; too

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disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

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to get along well with; to make a go of it

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suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

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sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

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harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month); bright moon; full moon

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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

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serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

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Kitakamakura Station

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surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede

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keyboard

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