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enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad

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intro; introduction

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry

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fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

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kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era; (Western) pop song

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medley

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quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

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scary

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extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)

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licking; dead drunk; blind drunk

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to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl

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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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recitation; reciting from memory

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(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

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(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

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you can do it if you try

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to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes

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drunken interaction (usu. unpleasant)

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biorhythm

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indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating

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designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

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each; individual

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alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer

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lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)

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inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability

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unanimity

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blessing

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escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

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hypnopaedia; hypnopedia; sleep-learning

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mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting

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falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

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to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

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ultimate; final; last; eventual

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boxing and jujitsu

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to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces

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clearly; distinctly; vividly

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to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge

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very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive

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excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person

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Pequin pepper

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hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

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long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act

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plan; policy

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by (means of); with

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ambitious; motivated; willful

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link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

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it's the thought that counts

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pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

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faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness

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