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temporary closure of a room (office, exhibition, etc.)

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Moriguchi

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cow hide tanned using tannin

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Wai

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fore edge (of a book)

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Satoe

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Sakita

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pop-up book

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Satoe

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to talk on and on; to talk one's head off

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eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

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ward finances

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ink-jet printer

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fluently; without hesitation; without faltering

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bib (e.g. for infants); training bib; team vest

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window display

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fowling net

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troublesome; bothersome; burdensome

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"as is" sale (e.g. at an auction)

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turned-down collar; lapel

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Jorda

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member of a theatrical troupe

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Galápagos tortoise (Geochelone nigra); Galapagos giant tortoise

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once over the borders one may do anything; what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas; (lit.) shame (committed while) on a journey can be scratched away

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piece of wood at front edge of entranceway floor; agarikamachi

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thread title

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natural color; natural colour

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strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff

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consumer-oriented

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to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle

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blister

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Castanopsis cuspidata (species of chinquapin)

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being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together

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folding book; folded sections of a book

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front basket (e.g. on a bicycle)

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offset printing

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losers (those who have 'failed' socially, economically, etc.)

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Rome was not built in a day

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to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to

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Ptolemaic Dynasty

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saddle stitch

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New Year firefighters' event

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carbon copy

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talcum powder

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what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)

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fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours

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horizontal typesetting

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microscope slide; glass slide

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deposit (e.g. on the purchase of a house); earnest money; guarantee money; margin (payment); warrant money; cover

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Library of Alexandria

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