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to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

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junior high school student; middle school pupil

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seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate

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to lie down; to throw oneself down

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protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

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incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling

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ouch!

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angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

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to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down

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spine (of book); binding (of book)

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pillow fight

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between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish

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aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

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snugly; cosily; compactly

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to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

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to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

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well-cooked; well-done; browned

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to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest

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teppanyaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)

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armistice; ceasefire

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to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

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okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables

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to like; to prefer; to be pleased by

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grilling; broiling

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vegetable

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to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

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bean sprouts

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unbalanced diet

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parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save; tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition

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before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed

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mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

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charred; burnt black; scorched black

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luckily; happily

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to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger

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all present; all concerned; all of us

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

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pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

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sad; wretched; deplorable

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these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)

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Japan

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sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

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I can tell you; heh

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beach

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stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

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exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

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

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