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aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary

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to land (a fish); to catch; to reel in

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first step

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new type of influenza; novel influenza

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parallel world; parallel universe

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water's edge; waterside; shore; before coming ashore; before entering the country; (at the) border

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low toxicity; low virulence; attenuation

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gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin

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Kobe (city)

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infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)

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influenza virus

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to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive

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prevention; protection (against); precaution

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need; want; necessity; costs; expenses

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to sell (something) cheap

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sale; sales; selling; marketing

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low price

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buying price; cost price; purchase price

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alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner

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to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong)

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good time to sell

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precautions against earthquake; anti-earthquake measures; antiearthquake procedures; earthquake countermeasures

1

division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing

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to call in; to invite; to bring in

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to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into

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salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute

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external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)

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abandoned factory; disused factory

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ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia

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practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai

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warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent

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bang; boom; crack

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(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless

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studhorse; stallion; breeding horse

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last train (of the day)

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garage; carport; depot (for trains, buses, etc.); shed; carbarn

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night watch; night watchman

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assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant

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previous ruler; previous lord; late lord; teacher; teach

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slightly heavy; a little heavy

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motel; drive-in love hotel

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dependence

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giving (someone) a peek (of skin, underwear, etc.); giving a glimpse

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small shot bar with an all-female staff

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shallow playboy; frivolous lad; good-time Charlie

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drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics

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to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to reconciliate (with); to make peace (with)

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public bath; bathhouse

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soapland; brothel where one can bathe with prostitutes

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innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

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