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penalty for contract breach; forfeit

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agreement; stipulation; article; clause

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fade-out; dissolve

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passing away; death; dying words; death poem (poem written during one's final moments)

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to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath

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ghost-writing

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encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

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purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment

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come on; hurry up; chop chop; yeah; that's right; exactly

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tusk; fang

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to freeze; to freeze over

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ego; egoism; egoist

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Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)

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son of a bitch; piece of shit

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wildlife

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

2

featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth

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stroke of the brush; touch; literary style

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creativity; ingenuity

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lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)

2

a few years later

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indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)

2

to catch fish

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Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for fish, shrimp, etc.

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to run a shop; to have a shop

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Manryū

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creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly

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to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste

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to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about

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natural environment; (the) environment

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amulet

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canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space

3

packing into a box; boxing (up); thing packed in a box

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death by suffocation; death by choking

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proverb; maxim; aphorism; Proverbs (book of the Bible)

2

dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation

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stop; stoppage; end

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Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

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Fushimi

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Toyokawainari

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great sage

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reviewer

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because of this; thanks to this; due to this

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brief overview; heads-up; brief discussion; cueing (e.g. a magnetic tape, recording) (cuing); cue; feeding (e.g. paper under a print head)

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index (in a book)

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to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off

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thrift; economy; frugality

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pessimism

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unit price; unit cost

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number of books

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