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chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse

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cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

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to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

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limit; restriction

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neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; community (of people with a shared trait, members, fans, etc.); scene; enthusiasts

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having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...

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my; our; one's own

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generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points

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to open (one's eyes) wide

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small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude

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junior high school student; middle school pupil

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position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

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trial product; prototype model

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first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

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portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)

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pattern; design

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gekiga style; manga style characterized by bold lines and dramatic composition

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already; now; no longer; not any more

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rather than; more ... than ...

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nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

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art

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black sesame

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profile

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all; everyone; everybody

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charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

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height (of a person); stature

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(body) weight

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first love; puppy love

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awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...

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to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

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brain; brains; mind

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understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

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to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

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freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)

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hey!; say!; I say!; I; me

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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woman; female; feminine gender

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to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

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even

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

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calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

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that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

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business world; business circles; (the) industry

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air

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culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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to hear of; to learn of

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assistant ...; probationary ...

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food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

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