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hair crab (Erimacrus isenbeckii)

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friendly talk; chat

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Ikkyuu Soujun

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useless book learning; knowing the theory but not being able to put it into practice; (lit.) swim practice on a tatami mat

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Mayumi

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package tour

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rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

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punctual

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whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches

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prequel; retrospective talk; (a) retrospective

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bean sprouts

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Sincerely yours (with the nuance of "please excuse the brevity of this letter")

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bread machine; breadmaker

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not getting a reply

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Nagasawa

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to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; (lit.) to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki

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stealing electricity

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Pasto (Colombia)

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feeble joke; bad pun

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coming to talk; conversation one came (to a place) to have

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digital photography; digital picture

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to anneal

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That Thing You Do! (film)

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net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe

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(the crime of) arson

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laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (type of laser eye surgery); LASIK

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to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion

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Pa-man

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absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted

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to overlook in reading

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from now on

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Oishinbo

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female juvenile delinquent

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praying mantis style

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Pa-ko

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by and by; before long

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Maruko

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real hair; one's own hair

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appearance; clothing; costume; dress

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tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

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earnest; single-minded

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auspicious bird (i.e. crane)

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three-cornered battle

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too many to count; too numerous to mention

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El Niño

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Carnivora

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Arthur Conan Doyle

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sunstroke; heatstroke

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kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus); kuruma shrimp; Japanese tiger prawn

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fire calamity

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