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Shouji

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rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)

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threshold (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door); sill

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comforter; muffler; neckerchief; scarf; neckwear

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to kidnap; to abduct; to force to go to (e.g. an event)

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broadcasting satellite

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Juurou

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to whine (of a dog)

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condolence; regret; tribute; sorrow; sympathy; lament

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makizushi; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling

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printed characters (as opposed to Braille)

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fruit jelly (gelled with konjac starch); fruit jello

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Genzaburou

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settlement for a dispute (esp. one caused by an affront or blunder); money paid to settle a dispute

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whipping; beating with a whip; whiplash

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animal welfare society

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hemorrhoids; haemorrhoids; blind piles

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whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.)

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two masters

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paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label

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Igaueno

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black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

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pushing and shoving; jostling; hustling

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cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...

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squatting (usu. with elbows on knees)

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Matsuda Yuusaku (1949.9.21-1989.11.6)

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(cooling) fan

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kudzu starch cake

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Hifumi (script)

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facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue

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bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

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tennis

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Bau-Bau

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retail price; street price

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short joke; quick one-liner

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being still half asleep; being half awake; being not yet quite awake

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solidly built person

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brown meat (crab); miso-like paste found inside a crab's (and arthropods in general) intestinal area; miso mixed with crab innards or scraps

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seirogan; beechwood extract popular as a herbal treatment for diarrhoea (diarrhea), etc.

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to be (something) very much; to be an extreme (something)

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dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks

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Taurus (constellation); the Bull

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nasal plug; wedge (in tusk mortise-and-tenon joint); wooden pin driven through tenon to hold it in place

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Mon-Wed-Fri

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(not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams

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(with a) thud

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device; equipment; machinery; apparatus

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policeman; cop; walking in a circle (dog trick); (arch.) rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.); (arch.) vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies)

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emergency stop; emergency shutdown

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Kansai region (center-west area of Japan comprising Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures)

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