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to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

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disciplinary dismissal (discharge)

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disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty

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family breakdown; family disintegration; collapse of one's family

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no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

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after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

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aviation; flying

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(on the) sea; surface of the sea

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to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)

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importance; priority

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so much; so; like that

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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splendidly; brilliantly

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hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam

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bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end

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one week

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A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.

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coming and going; going back and forth (between); commuting (to work, school, etc.); attending regularly; passbook; bankbook

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Kitajima Saburō (1936.10-)

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Kitajima Kōsuke (1984-)

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abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy

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to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope

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Colombo (Sri Lanka)

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couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

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being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image

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usual state of things

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elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

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to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

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other people's affairs; someone else's problem

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blood relationship; blood relative

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forehead; brow

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standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

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no; nope

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later (on); afterwards

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evidence; proof

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destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression

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to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

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to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar

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Nagano Prefecture (Chūbu area)

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salt and MSG mixture

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to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

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lunch; midday meal

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state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

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practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis

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temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

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now is the time

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piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

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to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

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maker; builder; creator; farmer

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