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undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy

1

braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait

1

sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing

1

being startled; getting a shock

1

sweet and sour; bittersweet

1

mum; mom; mummy; the missus

2

protruding navel; outie

1

fuck you

1

diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

1

to save up (money)

2

Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket

2

hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

4

banjo

2

rear garden; back yard

1

manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure

2

rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks

6

attitude to life; form of existence; way of life

1

Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)

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love

1

writing (e.g. as a profession)

1

firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

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if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

1

rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations

1

text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

1

don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me

1

greatest mistake of one's life

1

last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

1

position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation

4

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

2

first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month

1

research project (e.g. at school); independent research

1

Google

1

owing a lot to somebody; being indebted; never forgetting someone who has done a favour

1

Saitama (city, prefecture)

1

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

1

residing; living; dwelling

1

lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping); brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata)

1

both persons

1

editor-in-chief

4

proofreading completed

1

fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)

1

high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)

1

masochist; masochism

1

to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)

1

time machine

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errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

5

prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited

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infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

2

rain cloud

2

Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide

4