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Pop Idol

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sweet Lolita (fashion style) (as opposed to Gothic Lolita)

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Gothic fashion

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buying stolen goods

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Hazuki

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(arch.) (in Japan) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F); excellence (of scenery, etc.)

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continental breakfast

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I love you

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chivalry; generosity; heroism; chivalrous spirit; helping the weak and fighting the strong

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fansub

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fanzine; fan magazine

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emperor's meal

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scraps; chips

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Tenjinbashisuji

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irritated; angry; furious

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Teruaki

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light-coloured ceramic cooking pan with a lid and short spout; aluminum saucepan with a handle (usu. wooden) and often with snowflake-style embossed pattern (aluminium)

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transient life; ephemeral existence

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Akihabara style; nerdy

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sequence

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department store

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Lolita fashion; fashion style characterized by frilly dresses, knee socks and bonnets

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stalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce

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Keyakidai

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floral design; floral decoration

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to put in a (plaster) cast

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Decola (brand-name laminate similar to Formica, made of melamine resin)

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pen pal

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dip pen; nib pen

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brush marks

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a man's word is his bond; a man does not go back on what he's said

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kata (in karate)

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central heating

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alignment; justification

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messenger bag

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to mistype; typographical error; typo

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fool; blockhead

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hyuganatsu (species of citrus, Citrus tamurana)

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encoding

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healing music

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outside Japan

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Kansai International Airport

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rolled Japanese-style omelette

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graveyard

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alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically

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freely; readily; cheerfully; without any sense of hesitation; without reserve; without treating it as a big deal

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stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise

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everything; all things; all affairs; all matters

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thermal conductivity

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volume sales; volume retail

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