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quiet and secluded

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to give an address (before a large number of people); to give a forceful speech

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inflammation of a tendon (sheath); tendonitis; tendinitis; tenosynovitis; tenovaginitis; tendovaginitis

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local (governmental) autonomy

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half line; ray

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stealing another's romantic partner

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downpour; drenching rain

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arrival

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stay of execution; suspended sentence

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being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet

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laughing a ringing laugh; having a hearty laugh; roaring with laughter

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physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling

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fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours

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sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape

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coming soon

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harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady

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to finish telling

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notice; bulletin

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baked donut (as opposed to deep-fried)

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straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof

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workers and farmers

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clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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immense; awesome; enormous; terrific

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negative sentence

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full of holes (e.g. argument); vulnerable to any kind of attack (or criticism, etc.)

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auspicious bird (i.e. crane)

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terrible

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BMX; bicycle motocross; bike motocross

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peek-a-boo!

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self-inflicted accident; traffic accident where injury is caused by one's own negligence; one-car accident

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protection against heat

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coil

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Swim cap

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attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to somebody's name (more polite than "-san")

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great treachery; very atrocious person

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strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax

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Catherine wheel (firework); pinwheel

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in a way that is uncharacteristic of ...; in a way that is unbecoming to ...; in a way that is unbefitting of ...; despite one's position as ...; despite being ...

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knapsack; rucksack; backpack

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animal protection

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winning without fighting; method used to win without fighting; one's own way of doing things (i.e. as different from that of one's instructor); Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)

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NS magnetic pole

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avant-garde

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thicket; bush; clump of bushes

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brainstorming

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red-ink brush

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discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

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judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner

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to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around

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