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Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)

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prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)

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outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings

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actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living

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ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants

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inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

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depopulation; declining population

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

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village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)

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to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

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establishment; founding; organization; organisation

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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same village; same town; same province

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to blacken; to darken

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fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake

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noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

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to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about

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to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront

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self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation

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distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement

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shrill; piercing (scream, etc.)

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scream; shriek; shout; exclamation

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to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

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to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb

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to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

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to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright

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to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

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reflexively; reflectively; by reflex

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switch

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to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

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being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

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work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty

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several tens

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interest; (investment) yield; profits

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from the viewpoint of; according to

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large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm

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film

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avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)

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to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of

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harmful; hazardous

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glacial acetic acid

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wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy

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succeeding; following; trailing; next

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very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet

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to creep about; to crawl around

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hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind

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