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substitute fish; using an alternative fish variety instead of a traditional one

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returning half of a consolatory or celebratory gift

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Mikajima

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cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless

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opah (Lampris guttatus); moonfish

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family register; census

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after pleasure comes pain; there is no pleasure without pain; there is no rose without a thorn; take the good with the bad

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sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus); Japanese sandfish

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stopping or parking a vehicle

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fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours

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halibut (esp. the Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis)

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idling (of an engine)

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Tokyo municipal road

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Kuronuma

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improved product

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to leave a bad impression behind

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to defer; to postpone; to move down

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mislabelling of food (e.g. expiry date, country of origin, etc.); food fraud

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broadband

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to twist off

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new disciple; new student; new apprentice; newly accepted professional wrestlers

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Miyoshi

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hypoxemia; hypoxia

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idiom derived from historical events or classical literature of China

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thus

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rack or hanger for hanging kimono, coats, etc.

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motorcycle police

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paper tube; cardboard tube

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devoting one's body and soul to Buddhist teachings; unsparing devotion to Buddhism

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to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue

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clear accounting; honest accounting (billing); transparent billing practices (in restaurant and bar charges, etc.)

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inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable

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tuna minced with Welsh onion leaves (type of sushi topping)

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muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)

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limited-express ticket (usu. needed in addition to a basic fare ticket); special-express ticket

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ignition key

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real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice sword)

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to speak ill of

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kind person; warmhearted person; sympathetic person

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playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating

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to line up points in a speech

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sea snake; worm eel (Ophichthidae spp.); snake eel

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fortune and misfortune; prosperity and adversity; good and evil; weal and woe

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ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae); Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)

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youth film; teen movie

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Japanese street gang

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terminator

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parkour

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asking would be rude; tasteless question

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rush hour; rush-hour

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