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family lineage

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demon-infested place; ominous place; mysterious, unfrequented area; den of iniquity

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sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.

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corkscrew

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reference book; study-aid book; supplemental textbook; student handbook

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standard gojūon syllabary order (beginning with aiueo)

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black tea

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tea set

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tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

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strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

3

leggings

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flare skirt; flared skirt

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bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

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appetite

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weird; disgusting; sickening

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student in a lower grade; underclassman

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promotion (school, military, etc.)

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active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

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firmly rooted; deep-seated

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(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether

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excessive; too much; unreasonable

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mnemonics; art of memorizing; mnemonic device

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palace

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journey

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answer; solution

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desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern

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to have a nosebleed; to bleed at the nose

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figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

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moisture; humidity; dampness

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matter of taste

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regarding highly; attaching importance to

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setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)

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drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice

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hotcake; (American) pancake

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starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)

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fraction

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compass (for drawing circles, etc.); pair of compasses; (mariner's) compass; length of one's stride; length of one's legs

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(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher

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arithmetic; calculation

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physical work; manual labour (labor)

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person unfit for society; misfit

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exclusive; attached to; specialist

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starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board; making a snap decision; starting an action without considering objections to it any longer

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to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate

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intelligent design (theory that life or the universe must have been designed by an intelligent being)

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Flying Spaghetti Monster (deity of a parody religion devised to protest Intelligent Design)

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-ism (religion)

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believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan

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neutrality

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democracy

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