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trustee; councillor (councilor)

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making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

1

call; visit

1

feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted

1

sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)

3

take-out; take-away; carry-out

1

declaration; statement

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to cover up; to conceal

2

to make hand-rolled sushi

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opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road

1

business suit

3

sloping shoulders

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gasping

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carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion

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naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious

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rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

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outer garment

2

clasp; latch; catch; fastener

2

to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise

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pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize someone (recognise); feigning ignorance; playing innocent

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passage; path; route; one's way

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while passing each other

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idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

2

puniness; youth

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sedan

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to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK

1

one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind

1

to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

1

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

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profitable plan; good plan

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judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation

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to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow

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without saying a word

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anyone and everyone; anybody at all

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without thinking of the consequences

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to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

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raid; assault; attack

2

uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)

4

four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations

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Chouko

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corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings

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to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)

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sluice gate; water gate; flood gate

4

one year and a half

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to exert oneself; to make efforts

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warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful

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proud; haughty; arrogant

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

2

cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)

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Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about

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