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DIY; do-it-yourself

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manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)

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looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)

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this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

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all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

4

to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon

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while; even though; despite

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snow; snowfall

4

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl

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eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before

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pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash

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coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart

1

already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more

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sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

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to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)

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surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

7

dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion

7

looking; viewing; (please) try (to)

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carol

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to light up; to brighten

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calling on; visiting

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imitation (of someone, something); impersonation; (vocal) mimicry

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abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

2

to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to

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to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

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singer

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entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence

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way; method; means; resource; course

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to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

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performer (usu. in a boy band or girl group) with an image cultivated to foster a dedicated fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image

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to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

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pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest

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

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national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level

3

exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

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pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

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to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

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changing schools

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dilettante; person of unusual tastes; person with strange hobbies; person of refined taste; connoisseur

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until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

2

school

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friend; companion

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to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

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zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

2

to take care of someone; to look after someone; to help; to give help where it isn't wanted; to be officious; to bother

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liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of

3

someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)

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terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

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