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present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

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fantasy

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every evening; night after night

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to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords

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recent years

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popular

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world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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to kill each other

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to throw into; to toss into

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to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

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hell

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to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

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clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight

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to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

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intention; idea; inclination; wish

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to do

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last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup

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irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

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(degree of) freshness

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standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

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to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

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just like

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chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

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to strangle; to constrict

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cook; chef

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taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

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to sell

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humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners

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nickname

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opinion; point of view

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toe

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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depending on; dependent on

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how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

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

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ideal; ideals

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society; the world; the times

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three-way deadlock

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triple feature (e.g. movie)

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with a friendly grin; smilingly

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bet; wager; stake; gamble

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attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name

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children's story; fairy tale

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character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

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playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

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innocent; simple-minded

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to go mad

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