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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

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large number (of); many; majority

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multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill

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possession; retention; maintenance

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wealthy person

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olden days; former

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showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

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lifestyle; way of life

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many; numerous; various; large number of

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beautiful woman

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to get a reputation as a philanderer

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popular name; common name; nickname; alias

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world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

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rice field

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valley

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gigolo

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subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

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unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

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so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

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success; hit

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invisibly; secretly; privately

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black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

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rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

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one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

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illegal; illicit; unlawful

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money-making; earning money

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to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

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political and business circles; political and business establishment; politics and industry

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underworld; underside of society

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

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promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

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direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

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to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come

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to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

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to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

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who

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(a) little; somewhat; somehow

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dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

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such; this sort of; like this

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raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced

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actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

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forensic researcher; crime scene investigator

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

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