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late-night television

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uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan

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fusuma paper; paper pasted over a fusuma (similar to wallpaper)

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well done!; bravo

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to be away from home; to be out of the house

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clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

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real harm; actual damage

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repair; mending

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executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements

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spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress

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to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)

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opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

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tomato sauce

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pregnancy; conception; gestation

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foster father; adoptive father

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to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

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without an occupation; unemployed; jobless

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unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; closure

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each; individual

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food (meat, fish, vegetables, etc.) cooked separately but served together on one dish

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pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)

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growing child's hearty appetite

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slowly; sluggishly

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to sit on a seat

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Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)

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to settle (in a place); to settle down

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sponsor

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every month; trite; commonplace; conventional

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to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

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explicit and implied comparisons (kinds of literary devices used in the Classic of Poetry); (arch.) interesting; (arch.) strange; (arch.) unreasonable; (arch.) unfavorable; (arch.) lowly

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good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)

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hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous

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to be infected; to be contagious

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detestable; disagreeable; disgusting; odious; unpleasant; repugnant

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priest

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formation; combination

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sobriety; soberness; sober face

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cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry

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lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)

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ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual

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without a holiday; nonstop

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last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month

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outdoors; outside

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lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma

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practice by repetition; learning by rote

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teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

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trunk (of the body); soma

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sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

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inept doctor; bad doctor; poor doctor; quack

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repetition; repeat; replication; recursion; iteration

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