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ramen; Chinese-style noodles

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shop selling prepared food

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satsuma-age; deep-fried ball of fish paste

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like this; in this way; as you see

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art of tanka poetry

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man-to-man; one-to-one

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personal guidance; tutoring

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worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched

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scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan

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handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse

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my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!

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to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick

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(suffering a) decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big

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hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined

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revenge

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position

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strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

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to survive

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mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission

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to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

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omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping; tenuki; playing elsewhere on the board instead of responding locally

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to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead

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while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

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industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation

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person willing to take on a role; willing candidate

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bunch of flowers; bouquet

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fancy; fancy; imagination; whim

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half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive

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critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture

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pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting

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(place) out of sight; (somewhere) out of eyeshot

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beautiful voice

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to raise (one's voice)

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to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

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coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing

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extraordinary; uncommon

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admission ticket; entrance ticket; platform ticket; ticket allowing a non-traveller access to a railway station platform

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spectator; visitor

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scarce; rare

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cultural

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barbarian; savage; savage (primitive) people (race)

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worldwide; common to the whole world; universal

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to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over

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state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements

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just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...

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to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

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ardor; enthusiasm

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choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

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division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category

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