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city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

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as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

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thereupon; shortly thereafter

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careless

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embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile

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flush; blush

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rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date

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one year; some time ago

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uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability

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letter; missive; note; mail

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to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with

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white horse; unrefined sake

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to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span

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cheek (of face)

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what is it?

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knight on a white horse; Prince Charming

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prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

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to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

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determination; resolution

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being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind

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hiding one's embarrassment

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to pose a riddle; to hint (at); to drop a hint

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to get tired of waiting

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(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing

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to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

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for example

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by (means of); with

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mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity

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to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

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element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source

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romance; love's pathway

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to lend (e.g. money)

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alias; assumed name

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lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

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true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

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ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...

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leading part; leading actor; leading actress

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help; assistance; aid

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

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such; like that; in that way

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to solve a mystery

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setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)

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accomplice; henchman

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system

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fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion

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at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

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to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

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