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to do

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telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration

4

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

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to turn round; to face about; to turn about

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telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

6

bribe; sweetener; douceur

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lending and borrowing

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lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

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death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

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to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

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to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed

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way (of doing); manner; method; means

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secrecy; highly classified information

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(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book

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to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

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suspect

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(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work

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to soar; to fly

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truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer

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baseball

3

leaving a club; quitting a club

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behaviour; behavior; conduct

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to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

4

leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)

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superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

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arrest warrant

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claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)

1

tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony

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to get a phone call

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game console; games console; video game console; game machine; gaming device; gaming system

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monitor (device, software or person); monitoring; person who gives feedback on products, television programs, etc.; customer panel participant; (computer) monitor; display

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hysterical; hysteric

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announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows

3

actual state (of things); actual conditions; reporting live; live broadcast; Let's Play (playthrough of a video game with player commentary)

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to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

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private house

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to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up

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this morning

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parents; both parents

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(state of) unconsciousness

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serious condition; critical condition

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to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon

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to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

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calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

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to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words

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corner; nook

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to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to

1