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ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.); perfect day

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Japanese-language dictionary; dictionary of a national language

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origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

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breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest

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waterside; waterfront

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breath; breathing; bless; bracelet

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swimming or bathing cap

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to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

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to entrance; to possess; to enthrall

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to take off one's hat

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newly washed hair; wet hair

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gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

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that gentleman; that lady; he; she

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malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back

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complete change; about-face

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My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely

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eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

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cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)

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sphinx

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traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

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it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say

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hard training

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anecdote

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Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)

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aspect; phase; phenomenon

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or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said

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sympathy; compassion

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lighting up; illumination; floodlighting

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to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly

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change of course; route change; direction change

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puberty; adolescence

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partner; pal; accomplice

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to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)

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naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank

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taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton

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face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety

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yacht (esp. a sailing boat with one mast); sailing boat; sailboat

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sail

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bow (of a ship); prow

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bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

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love letter

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(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)

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writing paper; stationery; notepaper

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to feel like; to feel inclined to do

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Isao

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form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font

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(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup

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strength of a brushstroke

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gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

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