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portable cellphone charger

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time limit; closing day; deadline

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marriage registration

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blood coagulation factor

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no news is good news

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endless variety

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single task

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depilatory

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Hans Christian Andersen

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schooling

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giving up; abandoning (hope, plans)

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to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

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rising tone (in Chinese); (of a Japanese accent) having a high, flat tone

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Yasutaka

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reminder

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to make worse (e.g. disease); to aggravate; to complicate

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vibrio

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hard to ride

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to put (oneself) forward; to risk (one's life); to volunteer (bravely)

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(female) genital hair

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metafiction

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lucky; fortunate; timely; convenient

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pickled Japanese horseradish; wasabi cut up and mixed with sake lees

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civet cat

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cru (wine classification)

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leadership; initiative; spearhead

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critical eye

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reviewer

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canister

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unfinished; incomplete

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time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short

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off and on manner; intermittent style; dragging on and on

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good (place to leave off); convenient

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Endymion

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the good you do for others is good you do yourself; those who are kind benefit themselves; (lit.) compassion is not for other people's benefit; you can't save others (from themselves)

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short short (story); flash fiction

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mistake with an order (at a restaurant, etc.); getting a customer's order wrong

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blank (book)

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rising novelist

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honorific language

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text entry; character entry

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common saying; slang; argot

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readers voice

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auction site

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late-night screening (at a movie theatre)

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slot (e.g. dispensing tickets); outlet

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bubble era (of Japan; 1986-1991)

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dark roast (coffee)

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Tanzania

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good-natured; of good character

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