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lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere

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familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by

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bizarre murder; grotesque murder

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sales talk

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guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

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chatting; idle talk

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straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

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challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

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to cut into (a conversation); to interject

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one hundred-thousandth; sudden; abrupt; unexpected

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(clenched) fist; knuckles

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a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible

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to do

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departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving

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(train) conductor

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announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release

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in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train

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half a year; six months

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work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking

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(at the) window

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to wave one's hand

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dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

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which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...

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remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation

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pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

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handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade

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highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

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scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

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nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

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to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)

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to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

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to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

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day before yesterday

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to turn one's thoughts to; to pay attention to; to give heed to

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echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit

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finish; completion; the end

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

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Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

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person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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Tokyo

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residing; living; dwelling

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attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student

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Rookie of the Year award

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application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment

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deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick

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big prize; first prize

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winning (a prize)

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debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

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series

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