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personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)

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to waste; to sacrifice; to spoil; to ruin; to lose; to forfeit

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to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament

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to pin a crime on

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the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown

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crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be

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if you want to hide a tree, the best place is a forest

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)

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Kansai dialect

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inside an office, laboratory, power plant, etc.

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suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday

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stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage

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nap room (in an office, fire station, etc.)

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excellent answer; clever answer

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bitter-tasting bug

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

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lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

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witness; observer

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to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face

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important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition

2

confidential matters

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corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)

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monastery; convent; cloister; abbey

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long period (of time)

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hospitalization; hospitalisation

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to be scared (of); to be frightened (by); to be intimidated (by)

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among these; between these; of these

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or

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(not even) for a moment; (not) on any account; (not) the least bit; at any rate; at the very least; if ... at all

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to speak frankly; to put things bluntly

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unsuitable; inappropriate; improper

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to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind

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all you have to do is; just; that's all

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to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying

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encouragement; cheering on

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degenerate; pervert; deviant

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state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture

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editor (in publishing, etc.)

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to boil; to seethe

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absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue

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deadline; closing; closing (a door, window, etc.); cofferdam

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integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance

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novelist; fiction writer

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deciphering; decoding

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pen-name

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(written) work; book; writings

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bending from the hips with the legs straight and head nearly to the ground; deep forward bow

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right under; directly below; right beneath

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