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white smoke

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dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim

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saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus); estuarine crocodile

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Rie

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to practice magic; to practise magic

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throw; throwing; throwing event

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administration of justice

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nihilistic

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smoke grenade; smoke shell

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comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable

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information society

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IT revolution; information revolution

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condition; state (of health); appearance

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relax

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ready (to do); willing

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ex-wife; former wife; previous wife

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female (animal, plant)

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hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

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men's things; menswear; men's wear; men's; for men

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to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease

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swap; exchange

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insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith

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dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull

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composed expression; clear face

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complicity

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conspiracy; collusion; complicity

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ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist

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guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections

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kettle

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in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs

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say; well; um; er

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from the beginning; from scratch

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going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

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hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)

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shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

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curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal

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hard struggle; strenuous effort

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end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle

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supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king

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area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to

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please

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wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention

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research report

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video game (played on a home console)

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hungry; starving

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werewolf

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unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans

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reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)

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disciplinary dismissal (discharge)

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speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble; blowoff; effusion; blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)

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