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to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop

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virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence

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reason for being; raison d'être

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impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

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honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation

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default setting (setup)

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bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat

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harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict

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spectacular move (chess, shogi, etc.); brilliant move; expert; virtuoso; master

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eulogy; compliment

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son of a bitch; piece of shit

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whale (Cetacea spp.)

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mammal; mammalian

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to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

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idealistic thought (argument)

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snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily

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lame; uncool; tacky

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to understand (each other); to comprehend

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handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

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retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior

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to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with

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travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

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to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far

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practical test

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bursting out laughing

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while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive)

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almost; nearly; close to

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overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle

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coat; coating

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to take flight; to disappear

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to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)

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therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence

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to be out of breath

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rustling (sound)

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to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

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information management

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to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something

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ginger (Zingiber officinale)

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unlucky

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to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick

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passport

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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please sit down; please have a seat

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leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure

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grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

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person who has rendered distinguished service

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without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly

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somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly

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before now; hitherto

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questioning (e.g. by police)

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