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when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

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one's (living) environment

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steady; honest; sober; straightforward

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pile; accumulation

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last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight

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hasty preparation

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absorption; suction; attraction

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apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear

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to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

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to shake; to waver; to tremble

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ideal; ideals

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to guess right

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to mean

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Mitaka

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devilishness

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thrilling

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asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible

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year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai

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notice; notification

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hall for holding events

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great lie; falsehood

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to miss a chance; to fail to do

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editor-in-chief

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to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

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either way; in any case; one way or another

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crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles

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to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

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to swallow; to gulp down

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to advance (as of a baseball game); to repeat

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to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

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trivial; slight

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amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger

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to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

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to become dull; to become lifeless; to get bored; to lose interest; to lose value after a peak (e.g. stock); to weaken (of the market)

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without permission; without notice

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to (have a situation) descend to mayhem

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advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview

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ignoring; acting as if it is nothing

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to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

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to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

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whatever (the case may be)

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to try and do something; to attempt to do something

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acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand

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degree of difficulty

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rare item; rarity

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raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged

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nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish

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feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

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to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

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pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise

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