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January; first month of the lunar calendar

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nine; 9

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OK; okay

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AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)

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case file

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occult

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town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

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method

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inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)

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female high-school student

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to follow another's example

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Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

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bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

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storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

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liquid; liquid hair product

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the first and second; a few

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company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

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treasure island

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scar

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lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness

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extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

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pure love

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stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration

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one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

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residing; living; dwelling

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Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area

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person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)

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the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

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unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

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to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

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not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special

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how; in what way; by what means

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it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

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last year

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cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

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to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

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body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

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to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes

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to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak

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curt; blunt; brusque

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to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

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forelock; bangs

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to get wet

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contagion; infection

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statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

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idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

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to pause; to have a short intermission

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