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the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

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good night

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holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night

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to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

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breathing of a sleeping person

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to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life

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left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

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rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

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rise; improvement; uptrend

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to grow old; to age

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fresh; (liquid) non-dairy creamer; coffee whitener

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dubbing; stand-in; dummy

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10,000; ten thousand

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fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)

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convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure

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fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee

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commission system

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instability; insecurity; crankiness

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to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember

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a few years later

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few decades; many decades; several decades

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to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

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present continuous tense; present progressive form

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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

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(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)

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bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency

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to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

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lack of self-reliance; depending on others

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history; pedigree; lineage

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setting a bad example to others

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outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable

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fellow students

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that's so, however ...

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to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in

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choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

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to spit out; to eject; to dump

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quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)

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presence; dignity

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weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs

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to forget to say; to forget to mention

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A; a

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S; s; south; sulfur; nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); small; second

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independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative

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clattering; rattling

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laptop (computer); notebook (computer)

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to rock; to shake; to swing

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incremental difference (e.g. between files); "diff"; difference; subtraction; (finite) differences

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to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

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immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

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basis; foundation; grounds; authority

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