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colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting

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illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure

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illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece

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to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

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birthday party

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primary school; elementary school; grade school

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advertising jingle; song used in a commercial

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fine powder

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feeble joke; bad pun

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dress; outfit

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day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

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long (e.g. novel, film)

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tradition; legend; folklore

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masterpiece

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well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few

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historical play; period drama

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television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

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starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part

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Konoe Juushirou (1916.4.10-1977.5.24)

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gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out

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belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of

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at that time; in those days

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creator; inventor; developer

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young person

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sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging

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shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

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reflective water surface; reflecting water

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heart

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wise; clever; smart

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planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)

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growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

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unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive

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episode; anecdote; vignette

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on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

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opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

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explanatory notes (at the start of a book); introductory remarks; usage guide (e.g. of a dictionary); legend (on maps, drawings, etc.)

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beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; beginning (of a matter); start

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pose; pause

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beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)

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laughable; ridiculous; funny; comical

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somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely

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cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

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sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

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rice cakes; pounded mochi rice

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chorus; singing in a chorus

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink

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Watanabe

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giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day

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