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dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine

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bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

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mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with

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thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

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fringe; rim; periphery; borders; outskirts

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Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area

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west

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corner; nook; recess

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population density

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to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

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with these words; while saying

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bell pepper (esp. green); green pepper; sweet pepper; capsicum

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packed in; contained in; working at; assigned to; using ... alone (to make an argument, judgement, etc.); doing continuously

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chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

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deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)

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spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

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boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)

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the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

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to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

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natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic

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to keep (something) a close secret; to hide (the truth, one's pain, etc.); to keep hidden

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invitation; introduction; temptation

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to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

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confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up

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having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still

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poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

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it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right

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they; them

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to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

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chopsticks

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trembling slightly; quivering softly; swaying gently; softly; springy

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to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

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radiant smile; contented smile

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to love

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to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to rise (of the tide)

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as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated

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to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked

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to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

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prior engagement; previous appointment; prior agreement; previous promise; previous contract

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full of; brimming with

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rare; uncommon

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precedent

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withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

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besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse

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bad (feeling, impression, attitude); creepy; disgusting

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interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

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reset; fresh start; new beginning

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to say no more; to sink into silence

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