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listening device; bug; wiretap

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camera

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to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

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to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

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dignity; majesty; sanctity

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spiced sake (served at New Year's)

2

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

2

to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood

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impossible; unlikely; improbable

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short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)

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this week

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to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

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to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

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early stage

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exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail

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style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

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unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

2

haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion

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to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe

3

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

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to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

2

suddenly; with a jerk

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to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

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curse; spell; malediction

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video tape

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to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular

1

comfort; consolation; diversion

1

to hesitate; to waver

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this world; this life; world of the living

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guidance; leadership; leading the way

1

firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)

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coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe

5

completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday

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star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

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crown; diadem; bottle cap

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to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

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to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

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green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure

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logo

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seat

2

request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

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transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage

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rest; repose

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to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with

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manner of using one's hands

2

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

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to draw a line

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deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out

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(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady

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