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Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji

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brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure

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practice of buying a bottle of spirits at a bar which is then kept there for the customer

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naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting

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tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground

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does not seem; unlikely; improbable

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friend; acquaintance

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unlicensed; without a license (licence)

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to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

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service; duty; work

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grasp; catch; understanding

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to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

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professional duties

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space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being

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Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

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long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

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collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)

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young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice

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to become better; to improve

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social standing

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to do

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mockery; derision; ridicule

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fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax

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outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

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to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

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dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)

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yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so

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egoistic; self-centered; selfish

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general education

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pupil; disciple; follower

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in plain words; in plain terms; put simply

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pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

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to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

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flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple

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pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy

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omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement

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circular motion

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coincident with; while; simultaneously

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to cancel; to call off

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what sort of; what kind of; what way

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to have a relationship; to have relations

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what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

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light (e.g. colour, color)

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red (color, colour)

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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rope; cord; policeman's rope

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three autumn months; three fall months; three years

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seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

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to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

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to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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