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to kick up

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to approach; to draw near

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yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue

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effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy

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portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face

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family photo

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fresh leaves

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to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

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cherry tree

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late spring; third month of the lunar calendar

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fair-skinned; light-complexioned

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face with no make-up; sobriety

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to wear out (clothing)

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extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out

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female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering

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to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy

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bank; weir; embankment; levee

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online

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role-playing game; RPG

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to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise

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wave crest; whitecaps

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bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers

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informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)

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yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

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dynamo; power generator

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middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

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questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)

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unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

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to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight

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liar; fibber

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arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories

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determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone

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one eye; one of one's eyes

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to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

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holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

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shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

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to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

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300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

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yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat

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cuttlefish; squid

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Frankfurt (Germany); frankfurter; frank

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insect bite; bug bite; sting

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anti-itch medication; antipruritic drug

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to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

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sphere; counter for balls

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home run

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foul

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announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows

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