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old couple; elderly couple

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murder-arson

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usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

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command; direction

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

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handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

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to be (doing)

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to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

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regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

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morning fog; morning mist

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Etsuko

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business world; business circles; (the) industry

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to have a rumor circulating

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fatal; lethal

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e-mail address

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live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive

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coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe

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general; popular; common; typical

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good feeling; feeling good

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hi!; yo!; hey man!; hey dude!

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reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about

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massage

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crisp; crunchy; precise; clipped; brisk

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in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business

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signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

1

this evening; tonight

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comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

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glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)

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to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised

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to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

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reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

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easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

1

an issue being settled; a case being closed

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fire under suspicious circumstances; arson

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supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super

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only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)

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to be deep in talk

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to repeat; to do something over again

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still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

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street at night; making a night journey

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instant; moment; for an instant

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at a glance; by accident

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witnessing; observing; sighting

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to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

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witness

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appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

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shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

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generally

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February; second month of the lunar calendar

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seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days

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