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minnow; shinner

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the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

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of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless

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grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing

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vibrator; vibe; feeling; vibes; vibraphone; vibration

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sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant

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aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

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misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea

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relatively; comparatively

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to be common

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to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes

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to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied

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Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan

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championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round

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to fight to the bitter end

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to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

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to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled

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compensation; equivalent value; consideration

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flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

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wine glass

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incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar

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amusement; fun; brief entertainment

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echo; ultrasound scan; echographic examination

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if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due

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mantle; cloak; manteau

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nightlife districts; drinking districts

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mysterious person

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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countenance; features; looks

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spoiled; spoilt; ruined; loss of face

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for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other

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the more one looks (at it) the more...

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turpentine oil

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to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn

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to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

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to become like a different person; to have a change in personality

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talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity

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to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)

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to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious

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to cut off; to lop off; to prune

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the world in general; society; convention

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land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

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being something of an artist; having something of the artist in one

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bloodshed

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leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

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leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

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freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes

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swimming in the middle of winter or the cold season

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slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating

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part; component

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