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so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

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(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

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cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

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Sakakibara

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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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to look forward to something

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heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva

2

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

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origin; beginning

2

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

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heat wave; fierce heat

2

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

4

winter

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in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

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to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

4

manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party

1

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

4

one day; (on) a certain day

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Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket

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grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL

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behind one's back

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to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

1

as always; as usual

3

you (plural); all of you; you all

1

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

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order; discipline; regularity; system; method

1

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

1

copyright

1

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

1

this and that; various things

1

extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant

1

omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)

1

mild winter; warm winter

1

food

4

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

9

warming; global warming

2

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

1

forty-ninth day after a person's death

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this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

3

while; during (the time when)

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leading part; leading actor; leading actress

1

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

2

in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

1

to continue to work; to work away (at)

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karoshi; death from overwork

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common people; ordinary people; masses

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manner of death

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rather than

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