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beautiful woman; (a) beauty

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one's carriage; one's demeanor; agility; body movements

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discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

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your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

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one room

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difference; discrepancy; variation

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termite; white ant

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swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

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Akihiro

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junior high school student; middle school pupil

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gasp; pant

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self-introduction

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alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

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Western-style room

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castle

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corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

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rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

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lantern procession

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several minutes; a few minutes

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ribbon

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clasp; latch; catch; fastener

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tick-tock; tick-tack; sound of clock

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allotment; assignment; allocation; allocation

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small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)

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to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten

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tip of one's nose

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flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

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mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

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letter received

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to become rustic; to become countrified

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counter for colours

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fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade

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day by day; every day; by the day

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path; lane; small diameter; small radius

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rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

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rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area

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prayer; wish; vow

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newspaper

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to waste time

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first time; first; initial

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time

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religion; cult

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to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower

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schedule; program; programme; agenda

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to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)

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to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

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direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

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woman writer; lady writer; authoress

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Enchi Fumiko

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