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to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

3

knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance

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somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why

2

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

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cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

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to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

3

bone; Bourne (shell)

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twilight clouds

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monsieur

2

adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

1

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

1

protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)

1

Rookie of the Year award

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

2

debut work; one's first work

1

ha ha ha (laughter)

2

all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical

1

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

2

to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)

1

money; metal

1

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

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nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing

1

winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying

1

to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance

1

Tokyo Bay

1

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

1

having one misfortune after another; insult to injury

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to recall; to remember; to recollect

2

he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!

4

extremely; very; really; super; so

2

boring; dull; uninteresting

4

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

3

nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

3

prize; award

1

to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

1

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

1

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

1

debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

1

congratulations

1

thank you

1

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

4

to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off

7

expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

2

retaliation; revenge

1

and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

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called; known as; that; to say

9

to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)

1

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

1

Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker

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