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music room

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library (usu. single-room); small library

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dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation

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all that one has; all that there is; the whole

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dusty

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ground glass; frosted glass

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brightness; lightness

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handle; grip; knob

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anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

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chain-link fence; wire mesh fence

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to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb

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mysterious

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slender; slim

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but; however; even though; even if

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ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

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looking; viewing; (please) try (to)

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guess; conjecture

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snipping sound; cutting sound; to cut

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

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probability; likelihood; chances

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sender

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to try and do something; to attempt to do something

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to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

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to watch steadily; to stare

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being startled; getting a shock

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the same age

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to gasp in surprise

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limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth

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loud; sonorous; ringing

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roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

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where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

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sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

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to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

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stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling

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one revolution; one rotation

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please

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several times; once or twice

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rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering

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to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds

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entreaty; supplication; petition

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relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

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one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress

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deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

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myself

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decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)

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to wait for an opportunity

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top-class

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to meet face-to-face

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madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits

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