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modern person; people of today

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

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somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

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clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships

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nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)

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always; at any time

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big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

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to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over

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person from the Kansai region

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deadly serious; deadly earnest

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width of a road

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oval shape; egg shape

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lighting up; illumination; floodlighting

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calm; composed; leisurely

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to walk; to move forward; to make progress

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to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful

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making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

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they

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combatant; fighter

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lab; language lab

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want to ... do something; would like to ...

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to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

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to return evil for good; to return a favour with spite (favor)

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cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN

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at once; immediately; right now

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ultimate; final; last; eventual

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selection; choice; option

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gay bar

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lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

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district of a town; city block (of irregular size)

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to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

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

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extreme; radical

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to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

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vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude

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one month

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good feeling; feeling good

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recovery; restoration

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quickly

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tusk; fang

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to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

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stillness; repose; standing still

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prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building

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to bear fruit

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grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

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with a click; with a snap

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to straighten oneself

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handcuffs; manacles

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with a great deal of effort; laboriously

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