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national network broadcast; nation-wide broadcast

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Ishigo

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seeing at a distance

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reporter

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TV blooper; broadcasting blunder

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commentator

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to stay calm; to keep cool

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crime; criminal act; offence; offense

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high-technology

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viewer; (television) audience

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to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

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pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)

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AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)

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light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments

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deep voice; rich voice; full voice

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small face (of a woman; generally considered attractive)

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(TV or radio) entertainer; television personality; talent; skill; talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)

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face-washing

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considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive

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out-of-school; off-campus

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mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about

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survival; survivor; relic

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information; news; report; reward; retribution

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interval

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hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried

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belief that where there's a will, there's a way

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to bawl; to cry; to scream

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which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to

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dot; point; mark

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to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

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when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

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downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst

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yell; shout; outcry

4

it serves you right

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if I (we, etc.) could

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ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

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countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

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for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

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hometown; rural township (of China)

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circular saw; buzz saw

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iron door

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promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help

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fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)

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Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese

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(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture

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loud (of a voice)

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small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness

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eastern part; the east (of a region)

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Kanagawa (prefecture)

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Saitama (city, prefecture)

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