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kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

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identity crisis

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inert gas

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Alexandre Dumas

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Minimumweight

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bacteria

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to taste; to distinguish; to understand

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exclamation mark

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warrant; summons; written order

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D'Artagnan

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sponging off one's parents

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snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily

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lucky; fortunate; timely; convenient

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low-level education; inferior education

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glorious; honourable; splendid

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Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific volcanic belt)

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Gascogne (France)

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owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid

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the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow

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to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

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to be experienced in the ways of the world; to taste the bitter and the sweet

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chopstick usage

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Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

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to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)

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shut-in; stay-at-home; recluse; (lit.) security officer of one's own home

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snapping one's fingers; finger-snap

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to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it; to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall

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lifestyle disease

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to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation

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altitude sickness; mountain sickness

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maggot; worm; scum

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round shape; circle; circular form

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triple handicap (esp. blindness, deafness and mutism)

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green peas

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voyager; navigator

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one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)

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a gap develops; a significant difference emerges

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to be accepted by a university

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influx of South Korean pop culture (into Japan)

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Goliath (Bible)

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to make a foursome

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brimming with youthful enthusiasm; in high spirits; raring to go; overflowing with youthful energy; acting all cute and charged up

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to cover with plastic wrap (e.g. food)

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vivid

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idea commonly (generally) accepted in the world

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lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well

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sunset

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to crack a joke; to tell a joke

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in the background; not standing out

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first child

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