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to beat time; to mark time

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puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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separate; scattered; apart

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escape; getaway; evasion

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bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

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light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car; kei car

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measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

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mild

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latent; potential

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awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something

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defense; defence; safeguard; protection

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to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

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to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)

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to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

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fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

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you could say that

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love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting

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never ceasing; never ending; endless

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to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

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by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

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to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)

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to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

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firm; strong; solid; stable

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to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute

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to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

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the second time

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air con; air conditioner; air conditioning

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without

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slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

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to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

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consequence; causal relationship; nexus

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formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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clattering; rattling

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important; momentous; essential; principal; major

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precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

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influence; clout; leverage

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Enter key

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to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)

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devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

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being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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one year ago

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when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

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superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

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to pretend; to feign

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to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

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abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance

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food poisoning

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to fire from a job

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