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to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

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death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without

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driving school

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simulator

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throughout Japan

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suicide

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aspiration; volunteering; desire; application

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system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

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machine

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short of hands

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group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

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how many people

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factory

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production; manufacture

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best in the world

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guide; host

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head and body; heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long

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singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares

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master painter; artist

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to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)

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since one was born; (in) all one's life

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exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

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natural enemy

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stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

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as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

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fist fight

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to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

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penalty

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overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

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to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

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report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)

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to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

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fortune-telling; divination

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lucky color; lucky colour

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rock-paper-scissors (game); janken

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reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure

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a prediction may or may not come true; only god knows what will happen

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convenient

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(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous

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to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine

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one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key

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welcome

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to roll up or pull up (sleeves, skirt, etc.)

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headquarters; head office; main office

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to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home

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room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to

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remaining; left-over; excess

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or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said

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Holger

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