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to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

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separate; scattered; apart

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protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm

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to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase

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signature

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to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

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demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof

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origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning

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spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story

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to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

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elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology

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third-year student

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one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother

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to be embarrassed; to lose face

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braggart; boaster

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service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement

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stingy; cheap; very frugal

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to return; to come back

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to weep one's eyes out

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to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

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verbal promise; one's word

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close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

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difficult problem; challenge

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land and air; land and air forces

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dual use

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high efficiency; high performance

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reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

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setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)

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volunteer

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grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

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Saturday

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rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

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giving something a try because it will not do any harm

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sightseeing spot; tourist attraction

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radio tower

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Tokyo Tower

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view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook

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lighting up; illumination; floodlighting

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tower

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a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section

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10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

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order; item (of a budget revision, etc.); counter for go pieces; counter for surrounded positions (in go)

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self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

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bell (often globular)

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tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

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ringtone

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the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not

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hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam

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liquid crystal display; LCD; liquid crystal screen

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

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