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outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence

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Eigawa

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Yasuigawa

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cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant

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excuse; explanation; justification; vindication

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magazine rack

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Yasutani

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Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus); topinambur; girasol; girasole

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to tell the truth; in actuality; in reality

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avoid compromising situations

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spare trousers (pants, slacks)

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Kamikawa Basin

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superstitious person; practical joker; peddler; itinerant salesman

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lacking opposition or competition

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ground area (e.g. of a building's footprint); land area

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to pass the baton (e.g. in a relay race); to pass the baton; to hand on the torch

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Jinzaburou

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celebration for the completion of a project

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striptease

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cut glass; faceted glass

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dream that comes true

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chilly; a little cold

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O. Henry

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policeman; police

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outdoor fire with dense smoke to repel mosquitoes; mosquito-fumigation

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scalene (triangle); triangle having three sides of different lengths; inequilateral triangle

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to stop in the middle of a sentence

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tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)

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Ushishubetsugawa

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shop that handles Western goods (esp. Western-style apparel and accessories)

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pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate

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money politics; plutocracy

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Heiwadoori

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Ishikariheiya

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once you're dead, that's it

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cherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)

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person who has not won any major awards or titles despite being the best in a particular field; uncrowned king; person who wields power without holding an official rank or title; journalist (esp. newspaper journalist)

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Tasso

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a home economics course

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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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surface of the water; face of the water

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rice bran

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drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

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to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness

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hooded jacket; parka; anorak

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overseas Chinese

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leave no room for scandal; don't do anything that can be misinterpreted; (lit.) don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums)

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cirrocumulus cloud; mackerel sky

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carpet; rug; runner

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good evening (greeting, e.g. in emails sent in the evening)

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