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offertory box

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wariness

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should; must; -able; probably; likely

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curiosity; inquisitiveness

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adventurous spirit; sense of adventure

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to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

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site; plot; lot; grounds

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upside down

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strongly; violently; with all one's strength

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hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm

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sending home; repatriation; deportation

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to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

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spawning

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teary eyes

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plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

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surely; certainly; without doubt

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when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

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trespassing; intrusion

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thief who steals money from the offerings box at a shrine or temple; offerings thief

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

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visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship

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monetary offering; offertory

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thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery

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appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)

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hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

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to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

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trade; commerce

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window; window (shop display)

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to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile

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such; this sort of; like this

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electronic money

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only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces

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inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

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small change; coins; small sum of money

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yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle

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fate; chance; relationship; tie

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feeble joke; bad pun

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as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

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making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)

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to make sense; to be meaningful

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counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

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kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

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to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

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to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

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God; god; ace; king; superior person

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meow; miaow; cat

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to knock together; to strike against each other; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)

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to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to

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