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exhibition; display; putting on show

1

cold wind; chilly breeze; (blast of) cold air

1

a bag; one bag

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spray can; aerosol can

1

cramped

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cooling; refrigeration

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solar radiation; insolation

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summer day

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two days before; day before yesterday

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to nod to one another

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to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire

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waste products

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to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

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to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

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to give off a stench; to stink

1

attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

1

mercenary (soldier)

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma

1

to rack one's brains

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sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

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initiation

1

predecessor; pioneer; ancestor

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making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling

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reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance

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hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti

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wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on

2

person who is overly conscious about appearing interesting (esp. online)

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tradition; legend; folklore

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opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)

1

to open (up) a Pandora's box

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to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

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one-coin (i.e. able to be paid for with only one coin, esp. a 500-yen coin, sometimes a 100-yen coin); costing 500 yen; costing 100 yen

1

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

1

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

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institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)

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washbasin; washstand

1

light; faint; pale; fleeting

1

as always; as usual

2

bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom

3

palace

1

bathroom

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

2

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

2

introductory essay

1

only; nothing but

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status; position; method; way; rule; regulation

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A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.

5

questioning (e.g. by police)

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stealthy steps; soft steps

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change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)

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