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to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile

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inheritance; something given or received

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bridge of the nose

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handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)

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languid; listless

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youth; adolescence; springtime of life

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rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises

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trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps

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to start for home; to head for home; to make for home

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rent

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to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

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to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay

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unpleasant feeling

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person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate

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fitting (e.g. door, window); fit; succession; continuation; series

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I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago

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to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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to turn on; to switch on; to light up

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kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)

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lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity

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mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

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special sale; bargain sale

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small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish

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payday; pay day

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yen (currency of Japan); circle

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amulet or talisman issued by a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple

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mother; wife

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livelihood protection; public assistance; welfare

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momentary; instantaneous

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to begin to cry

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parent and child

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evening meal; dinner; supper

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senior high school; high school

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having graduated from high school (as one's highest completed level of education); high school graduate

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having graduated from junior high school (as one's highest completed level of education); having completed no schooling beyond junior high school; middle school graduate

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academic background; academic credentials; academic record

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part; part-timer; part-time (work)

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to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded

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drama queen; (lit.) tragic heroine

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hourly pay; hourly wage

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dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy

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to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

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weird; eerie; uncanny

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dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops

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living by oneself; living alone

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early morning; early hours; early in the morning

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frill

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broom

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plants; vegetation

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to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

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