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January; first month of the lunar calendar

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digital versatile disc; DVD

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sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)

5

sales; selling; salesman

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fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

1

to be worried; to be troubled

5

business world; business circles; (the) industry

3

to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

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as if; as though

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100,000; hundred thousand

2

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

2

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)

2

to show; to display

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bank; banking institution

1

passbook; bankbook

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to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

9

numeral; figure; digit; numeric character

2

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

1

script; screenplay; scenario

10

similarly; same (idea); same (name)

2

dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)

3

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

4

being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

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far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

3

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

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Earth; the globe

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artificial island; man-made island

4

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

2

science fiction; sci-fi; SF

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island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

1

to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

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quiet; still; calm

4

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

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main island; this island

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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

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little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

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to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

2

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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start

4

opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset

1

easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick

1

two persons; two people; pair; couple

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progress; development

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opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency

1

tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

4

confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

2

first kiss

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lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash

2

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

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