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illustration (e.g. book); picture

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monochrome

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rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft

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to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

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character design

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the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

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illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure

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editorial department

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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

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romantic comedy; rom-com

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love

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revolutionary (e.g. technology)

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very bottom; rock bottom

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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

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disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

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Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

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revolt; rebellion; war

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Hōgen era (1156.4.27-1159.4.20)

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Dancer in the Dark

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(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis

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wheat; barley; oat (oats)

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plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

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overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle

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Kobayashi Takiji (1903-1933)

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crab-canning boat

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image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition

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Turkey; turquoise

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story; tale; talk; discussion

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library; book collection; paperback book

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hello; good day; good afternoon

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finish; completion; the end

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insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile

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overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

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to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

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quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

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pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

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temple (side of head)

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to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

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huge breasts; huge boobs

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prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees

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back of head

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to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

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just before

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reproachful; hateful; bitter

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expression; presentation; representation; notation

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to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

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pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask

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dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding

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to be worried; to be troubled

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