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cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka

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novelist; fiction writer

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fisherman

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authorized architect and builder; licensed architect; registered architect

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comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori

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to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill

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baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage

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whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches

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just a handful; only a small number (of)

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to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)

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shoulders

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(verbal) tit for tat

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great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn

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with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

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as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction

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grand; far-reaching; ambitious

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idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

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end; conclusion

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parting; separation

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to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)

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beginning of spring

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

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atmosphere; air; magnanimous; generous; large-hearted

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self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience

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stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

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dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass

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wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

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hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)

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uncool; lame; unfashionable; unstylish; tacky; tasteless

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opposite direction

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blindingly quick speed; (in) a flash; (in) the blink of an eye

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to faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted

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passing (along the way)

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tall (of a person)

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although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again

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execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion

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Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)

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ayran (yoghurt drink)

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Island; insula; island; islet

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beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)

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way; route

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crossover

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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lasso; lariat

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to strangle to death

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completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome

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body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)

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nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

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bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers

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mousse; moose

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