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to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected

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to be of no importance

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weakening

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premature joy; short-lived elation

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feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy

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beyond one's control; nothing one can do

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quest; pursuit; search

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to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears

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hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined

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back of the hand

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simple; plain

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awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something

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kind; kind-hearted

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an arrow; a retort

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to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

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wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

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careless; carefree

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than; other than; except; but

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unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust

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occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession

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to discharge (e.g. effluent)

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approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy (person); lackadaisical

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I've got to be going; I must go

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to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up

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shortest

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underground train; subway

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the Last Supper

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bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness

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scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

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looking or acting as if one owned the place

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breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough

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physical ability

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sly; cunning; crafty

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nearest station

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detour; roundabout way

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Daikan'yama Station

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Omotesandou Station

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operation (of machine); operating; running; working

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(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff

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to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)

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staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

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byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse

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criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation

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safety zone; traffic island

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sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year

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route; way; course; directions

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tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

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on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)

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each (person); everyone; individual; respective

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to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)

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