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acquaintance

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architect

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

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foundation; basis

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solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy

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as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

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fifty; 50

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten

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if it's the case

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supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

3

cruelty; hard-heartedness

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by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

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exorcism rite; purification

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proposal; proposition; suggestion

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pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

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attendance (at school); going to school

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that day; the very same day

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circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

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explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

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both (people)

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class

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to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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request; favour (to ask); wish; please

3

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

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trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

1

had better ...; had better not ...

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friend; companion

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for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)

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speaking of; (I told you) already; come on

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company; corporation; workplace

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to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

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to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

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further; above; anymore

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school building; schoolhouse

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dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

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cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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personal computer; PC

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occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

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to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

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four years

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one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series

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being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

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Imai

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Yumiko

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well

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