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to become widely known; to become well-known; to spread (of a rumor, reputation, etc.)

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cross-national

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outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment

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basa fish (Pangasius bocourti)

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pure; true; genuine; unmixed

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to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

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to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy

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sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

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strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious

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hilly section of a city (usu. upscale residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains

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to fall off; to tumble down

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hill road

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to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent

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to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish

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damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute

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grief; lamentation

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fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic

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flying column; detached force

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high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous

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to talk; to carry meaning

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to gain experience; to get accustomed (with something)

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companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

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to knock down; to send flying

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confusion; distraction; derangement

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even if I told you

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spring tide

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low tide; low water; ebb

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mooring; anchorage

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letting (someone) die without helping

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dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

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for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

3

bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them

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intellectual

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understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation

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particularly; only; in the case of

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to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far

1

often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to

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pine torch; torchlight; firebrand; bonfire

1

battle cry; war cry

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shout (of excitement); roar (of a crowd)

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around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now

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ebb and flow

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bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine

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fretfully; impatiently

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something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

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of all people

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to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret

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military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers

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to fight against; to oppose; to face

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to hang; to hang up

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