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Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)

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to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

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headband

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happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat

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to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

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true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo

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disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character

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lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk

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the exact opposite

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to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip

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incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

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risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh

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that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

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harmful; hazardous

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to force back; to jostle

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coward

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guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

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complaining; nitpicking

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living with one's parents; living at home

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neat and clean; tidy; trim

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gallant; dashing; smart

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price; cost; value; worth; value

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(it won't be possible) on such short notice

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300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

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lottery; lot; raffle; draw

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gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)

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what happens twice will happen thrice

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to cross one's legs

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the sense of hearing

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information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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lease

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to be reminded of; to call to mind

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association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

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Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)

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tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)

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lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality

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to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

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to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

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arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation

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thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

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two wheels; two flowers

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vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts

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to be finished; to be completed; to be done

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wire; wire rope

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to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around

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adhesive; glue

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pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback

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to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

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