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being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

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week

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gambler

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burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

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flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity

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secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick

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tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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seahorse; sea horse; hippocampus; walrus

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company president; manager; director

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Tenna era (1681.9.29-1684.2.21); Tenwa era

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sense of accomplishment

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to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

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duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key

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absolutely; positively; decidedly

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scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing

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Kagoshima (city, prefecture)

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to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray for harm or death to come upon someone; to curse; to charm; to conjure; (arch.) to treat illness (with a prayer)

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teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

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quitting while one is ahead

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strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person

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but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

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to start for home; to head for home; to make for home

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closing; closure; shutdown; lockout

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gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element

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strike (i.e. industrial action)

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trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess

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Italy

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famous product; special product; speciality; specialty

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honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

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strike (i.e. industrial action)

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to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

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timid; faint-hearted; wimpish

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natural; reasonable; understandable

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How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

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division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)

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until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

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to be prolonged; to drag on

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opening ceremony (of the school term)

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no!; no no!; no, not at all

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incomplete; unfinished

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dryer (esp. hair); drier; blower

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tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

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to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press

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grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

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aunt

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cousin (male)

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