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fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

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self-publishing; publishing at one's own expense

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dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine

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photocopy book; staplebound book

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convenience store

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copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

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to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

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stapler; paper fastener

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to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

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while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

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editing; compilation

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large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)

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handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn

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what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

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Tokyo

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to return; to come back

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limited time; limited-time offer

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overseas student; exchange student

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birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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local administration

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elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

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to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

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city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

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administration; governance; the authorities; authority

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temporary

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homecoming; return to one's home

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present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

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real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

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name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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individual; private person; personal; private

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hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

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what

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you could say that

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indeed; really; truly; very much

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truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

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what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

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gods

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high class; graceful

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end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

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to be awesome; to be extreme; to be incredible

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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deed; act

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reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

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interference; intervention; meddling

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skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

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to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

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vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

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being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

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