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blizzard; furious snowstorm

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professional wrestling

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group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

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promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise

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banker (gambling); bookmaker; person who runs a gambling den; manager; boss

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(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless

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extraordinary; unusual; strange; unexpected

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to lie face-down

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gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale

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festive mood; holiday mood; festive atmosphere

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mike; mic; microphone

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megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer

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departure; leaving; going away; recession

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taking measurements

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highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)

2

Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

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encouragement; incentive; stimulus

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sharp, glistening sword

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to make a fuss over; to pamper; to spoil; to indulge; to flatter (with attention)

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to train; to discipline; to teach manners

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naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid; delinquency; misconduct

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to go mad

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machination; secret plan; plot; trick up one's sleeve

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dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing

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carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

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pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables

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green beefsteak plant; green perilla

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to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out

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(police) detective

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on the left as one faces (it)

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popular (with); in favour (with); well received

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instigator

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narcotic; drug; dope

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to feel nauseated; to feel sick

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dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; cleaning; removing; trap

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to do drugs; to take (illicit) drugs

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katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice

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medicinal poisoning; chemical poisoning; drug poisoning; drug addiction

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to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of

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close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

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worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class

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Thailand

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(Thai) fish sauce

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Vietnam

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Laos

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fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest

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emotional instability

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kanji; Chinese character

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to turn down (heat, sound, etc.); to weaken

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old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned

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