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modern style; modernness

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

4

to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black

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bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

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material; ingredient

3

smallish; on the small side

3

from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts

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movie (film, screen) actor or actress

2

limousine (stretched car); shuttle bus (usu. to airport)

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to ride up to; to drive up to; to get used to riding; to get used to driving

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culture gap

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poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

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this and that (esp. complaining or protesting); something or other

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Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)

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construction work

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piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild

3

mustard

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to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

4

to impress (someone)

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huge success

4

established fact; fait accompli

1

endurance race (motorsport)

1

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

1

to keep silent

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half-eaten

3

(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad

9

in front of your nose; right next to you; tip of one's nose

2

appearance; look; aspect; strong spirit; mettle

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Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters

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to purse one's lips

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to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked

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to compare with the eye

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both

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to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

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clanging; empty; deserted

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the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem

6

official; civil service

3

duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention

4

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

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

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ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)

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meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect

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Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

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male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women

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personification; anthropomorphization

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to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated

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study group; study meeting

2

be; is

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extended leave; long vacation

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to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention

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