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mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit

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praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd

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transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover

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thirty; 30

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little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

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when you get to the destination

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body (of car); frame

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

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to communicate

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nap; doze

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grandmother

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to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

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talk; recital; narration; topic

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to be extremely sleepy; to be at the brink of falling asleep

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to lose consciousness

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deceleration

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please be careful; please take care

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forty; 40

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for peace of mind

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feeble

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anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

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minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

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with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

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to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

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weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend

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to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with

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physician in private practice; (arch.) town doctor; (arch.) doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)

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granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

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midwife

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plump; fleshy; well-rounded; pleasant (fragrance); rich

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closing; closure; shutdown; lockout

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gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove

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removalist; mover

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after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

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efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly

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conversely; on the contrary

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insecticide; pesticide

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opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services

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to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

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what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?

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food

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passing by

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desperate; hopeless

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rather than

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greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop

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powering up

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lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)

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mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect

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indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

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reason; cause; circumstances

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