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big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

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promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

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cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

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lacking in some desired property (size, usefulness, etc.)

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dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full

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upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

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reopening; resumption; restarting

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to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

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to raise (one's voice)

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to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

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blood relative

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reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy

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sense of liberation; feeling of freedom

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average mark; mean point

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to make merry; to be festive

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promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects

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university student; college student

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to hear a rumor; to get wind of

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manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing

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winning over; placation; gentle persuasion

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distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration

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special effects

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subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)

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business partner

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group; mass

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big name; famous person

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Takanashi

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round; tranquil; contentedly at ease

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main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist

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one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing

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speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date

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(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

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above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach

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debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

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second string players

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great army; mighty host; whole army

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one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids

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English (language)

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to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

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going to the United States

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one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

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long distance relationship

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international romantic relationship

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irresolute; hesitant

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counter for places

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sad to say; how sad; alas

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separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction

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premarital; prenuptial

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fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer

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