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success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

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clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously

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keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)

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cooked rice; meal

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months (period of)

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mere; only; just; slight

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turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

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cackling (sound of shrill laughter)

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presence; sitting with; being with

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negotiations; discussions; connection

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to be able to see

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compilation; editing; recording

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compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit

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close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

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to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone

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willpower; energy; vitality

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what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

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field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

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instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

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just above; right overhead

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having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

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being tired out

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completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered

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to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray

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soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

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to be in the spotlight; to come into focus (of attention); to come into the spotlight

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

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fundamental; basic

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bhava (becoming, existence)

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solitude; loneliness; isolation

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to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue

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reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground

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bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending

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rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

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to differ a little (esp. of two or several versions)

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vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

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to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

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futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

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to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

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shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled

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hotel

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light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction

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counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging

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homecoming; returning home

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opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

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advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

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to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

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business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers

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stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

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