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homeless; homeless person

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living expenses

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to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

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(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)

5

to lose sight of; to miss

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indeed; really; truly; very much

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to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot

2

to swell up

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agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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Ishikawa (prefecture)

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Goemon

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superb view; picturesque scenery

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priceless; invaluable

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Ardisia crenata; coralberry

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to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

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careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering

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close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

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to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

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by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

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wound; injury; accident; assault; inflicting bodily injury

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natural (ability)

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junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

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self-sufficiency

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company; corporation; workplace

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success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

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killer; murderer

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if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

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Ichirō; Suzuki Ichirō (baseball player) (1973.10.22-)

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baseball player; ballplayer

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dropout

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derailment; digression; deviation

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overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

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to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead

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to put on the brakes; to put a stop to

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to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk

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thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp

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to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

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about; concerning; related to; -ish

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end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

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to die; to expire

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debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

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idealism

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argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

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crime; sin; vice

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point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator

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thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky

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corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy

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platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

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