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logical inconsistency; logical contradiction

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to undertake a duty

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keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake

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South

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impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable

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brilliant; bright; dazzling

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advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview

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to go with the flow; to go with the times

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argyle

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carbene

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the second ...

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centre; center

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alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion

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update

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to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine

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in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...

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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

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end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all

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indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

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whisky; whiskey

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rear guard

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nightcap; a drink before sleeping

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one bottle

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to be torn off; to come off

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deathbed; hour of death

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

1

to triumph; to be elated with success

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veni, vidi, vici; I came; I saw; I conquered

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end; close

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to know something by direct experience; (lit.) to know through the skin

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man-eating fiend

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forbidden fruit

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just managing; with great difficulty

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to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

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anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago

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steamship; steamboat; steamer

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antique

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furniture

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lounge

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waitress

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manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work

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contraction of "koto da"

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raining; downpour

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compote

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making do; getting by (somehow); managing

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leftovers (esp. food); remnants

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thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support

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ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

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Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata); Quercus gilva (species of oak)

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branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

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