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U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)

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to say goodbye; to bid farewell

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driver; chauffeur

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to pass through town

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reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

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one's high school days

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taxi

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certainly; surely; definitely

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to the end

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edge of a street

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number; amount

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suffrage; the right to vote

1

ballot box

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to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

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letter by letter; character by character

1

without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat

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ballot paper; voting paper

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reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance

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administrator (of a building); manager

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walking; going on foot

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to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

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fast pace; quick pace

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polling place

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(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

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clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

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to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

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ignorant of the ways of the world

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note (letter) left behind; will

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handbag; purse

1

passbook; bankbook

1

putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank

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pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance

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voting; poll

5

to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

to make an appearance

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powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

1

to throw away

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bundle; bunch; sheaf

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bridge

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to anticipate; to foresee

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refutation; rebuttal; retort

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

1

mobilization; mobilisation

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final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding

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acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

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many thousands

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so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

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inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

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doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary

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