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(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame

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weekly publication

2

serialization; serialisation; serial story

2

hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds

1

there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession

1

utmost limits; extremity; limit

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pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing

4

being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)

1

central breakthrough

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high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway

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to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on

2

Akihabara Station

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ticket barrier; ticket gate; wicket

2

rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating

3

adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

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Yodobashi Camera (Japanese electronics retail chain)

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customer traffic; customers; custom

2

open air

1

to send in

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air temperature

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average temperature

1

to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy the cool air

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

1

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

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high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper

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to begin to walk; to set out

4

(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing

2

one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural

1

trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected

2

support staff

1

minutely; in detail; with particular attention

2

elucidation; explicit statement; specification

1

consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care

12

deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)

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to succeed; to bear fruit

4

good

2

(find) common (meeting) ground

2

neat; trim; tidy; pretty

3

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; tall building

1

coming to an embassy, theatre, library, etc.

1

muscular; strong-muscled

1

giant

3

burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong

2

physical work; physical worker; blue-collar worker

4

fellow passenger

2

stainless steel

2

control board; control panel; console

2

ring

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kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)

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close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related

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