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Hypselodoris festiva (species of sea slug)

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Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); coixseed; tear grass; adlay

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next-day arrival (e.g. overnight flight)

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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Jorge Donn

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even an eccentric head of family must be obeyed

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Tatsurou

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Kasaya

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good-natured; of good character

1

Tatsuo

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U-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers

1

leather strop

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to tune in to a channel; to switch to a channel

1

crepe de Chine

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public office

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Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)

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machined edge; edge-stitched seam

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Kawakami Hiromi (1958-)

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right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)

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brother complex; unnatural attachment to one's brother (esp. by his sister)

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Pyrex

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to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence

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Hatoko

1

by turns

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teaching of singing

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Oriental paper bush (Edgeworthia chrysantha); mitsumata

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Kikuna

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place to go; destination

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Kisses

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land for sale

1

stupid; silly

1

cream of corn soup

1

Kintetsunara Station

2

year of the Boar (e.g. 2007, 2019, 2031); year of the Pig

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no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise

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wearing nothing but an apron; being nude except for an apron

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Kyouko

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two grains; two drops; two bead

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weekday; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

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fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours

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two-part chorus; vocal duet

3

an empty dream

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lipstick

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light pink; light crimson

2

citrus fruits

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bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)

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pea green; yellow-green

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rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot

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instrumental; instrumental music

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tacking; basting (thread)

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