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private talk; confidential talk; secret talk

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OK

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obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability

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one defeat

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one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds); one's real motive and one's stated reason

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halo; aureole; aureola; halo (optical phenomenon); glory

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unparalleled in Japan and China and India

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lottery; lottery ticket

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first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best

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highest grade; superlative degree

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keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement

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cheque; check

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childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)

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work experience; work history

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family structure; family composition; family makeup

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sexual experience (with men)

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existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

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political thought; political philosophy; political idea; idea about politics

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academic background; academic credentials; academic record

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race (of people); type of person

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injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity

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niece

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to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook

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depreciation; decline; fall; slump

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beginning; start

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poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable

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news; word; tidings; omen

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black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence

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station premises

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Shinkansen; bullet train

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inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)

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unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

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performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

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very rude; very insolent; extremely reprehensible; outrageous

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to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

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integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis

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to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind

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stationery

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to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

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substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday

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written test

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bright person; talented student; prodigy

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adaptability; ability to apply knowledge to new situations; practical skills

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low dining table; tea table

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mathematics; arithmetic

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one's field of expertise; one's strong area

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to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels

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level of comfort (of objects you sit on)

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to change the position of

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