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written and spoken words; description

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hen-pecked husband

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large dictionary; comprehensive dictionary; unabridged dictionary

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kappore (traditional Japanese comic dance)

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And Then There Were None (1938 novel by Agatha Christie); Ten Little Niggers

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ding-dong dash; ding-dong ditch; ringing a doorbell and running away

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zooming in; close-up

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eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

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pedagogy; pedagogics; education (esp. in the context of the study of education)

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to be formal; to be ceremonious; to stand on ceremony

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poorly made article; defective article; Gautama Buddha

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invisible; unseen; vague; mysterious; imaginary

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to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage

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fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)

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waterproof finish

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mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke

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telephone card

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Mariana Trench (deepest part of the ocean, near the Mariana Islands)

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gate ball (game similar to croquet)

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Vich; Vick

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(sexual) bondage

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idiot; fool; dope

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without any weak spot; watertight (e.g. reasoning); impeccable

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air transportation; air transport

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meanwhile; in the meantime

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police force; police squad

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to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple

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maternal love

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door chime; doorbell

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something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so

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audible range; hearing range

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image change; changing one's image; makeover

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ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

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loincloth

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Nobel Peace Prize

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Ultraman (from famous Japanese tokusatsu Ultra Series drama)

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fool; twit; idiot; bird-brain

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ventilation hole; vent

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bottom; buttocks

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very; extremely; exceedingly

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solitary Japanese cedar

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closet; (storage) shed

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used up (tea leaves, coffee grounds); insipid (tea, coffee made from such leaves or grounds); watery

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strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame

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by turns

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crisp; staccato; piquant; clear

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large snake; heavy drinking; heavy drinker

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spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread

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to be suspected without cause

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