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convention; tired tradition; old custom

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Tokyo

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university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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these

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to get drunk

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festival; feast; carnival; matsuri

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to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose

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number (of long, cylindrical things, movies, trains, home runs, etc.)

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to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of

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sickroom; hospital room; ward

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to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

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to make a joint vow; to swear together; to pledge

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to jump from one thing to another

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scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

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Western painting; Western film; Western movie

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ability; faculty

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hero

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stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy

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to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference

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to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to

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adhesive power; viscosity

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(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)

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three-dimensional

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idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

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adhesion; stickiness; viscosity

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to intertwine; to twist together

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friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction

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to apply pressure to; to press

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flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move

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to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open

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blood vessel; vein

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head

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to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

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to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

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with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by

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pump

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to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

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lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

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stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay

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fibre; fiber

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unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

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dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid

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to get slightly dirty (all over)

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discomfort; displeasure

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to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

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everybody; every last one of them; all

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not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned

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to oust; to dethrone; to drive down (e.g. into a valley); to chase down; to capture (a castle); to seize (by driving out the garrison)

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to seize power

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pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

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