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Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus); northern sea lion

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heptatonic scale; seven note scale; heptachord

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Tom-ic Energy

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the whole month; all the month

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pianoforte

1

John Bull; prototypical Englishman

1

age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens); (lit.) age where even chopsticks rolling is amusing

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in any case; anyhow; anyway; at any rate; at least

1

solfège; solfeggio

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data mining

2

ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

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walk rally

3

three-legged stool

1

self-cleansing power; being capable of purifying oneself

1

terrible

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slimming down; scaling back; thinning; streamlining; retrenchment

1

scolding

1

misleading; misdirecting; leading astray

5

extremely good friends; best friends

1

reductio ad absurdum

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resort spa

1

high-risk

1

international economy

1

introduction

1

Ellery Queen

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non-profit; not-for-profit; non-commercial

1

one man's fault is another's lesson

1

so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree

1

ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll up, roll up!

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speaker; orator

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wastewater; waste water; liquid waste; black water

1

going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness

3

anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster); harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)

1

rote learning; education that stresses memorization

2

knowledge applied to evil purposes

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framed picture; framing (a picture); putting in a frame

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to look afar; to look at something while absorbed in reverie; to look at something while absorbed in one's thoughts

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Manabu

4

to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend

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problem

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speed dialing

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support centre (center)

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near pin (golf); closest to pin (flagstick); close (closest) answer or figure

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quantity of hot spring water

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noise barrier; soundproof wall; soundwall; sound barrier

3

non-response

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matter for mutual congratulation

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obsession with changing one's appearance; desire to change

3

beanbag (often seat-shaped); bean bag

5

to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to press oil

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