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technical book; specialized book; treatise

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freshly-ground (e.g. coffee, pepper); fresh ground

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legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

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main street; boulevard

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one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

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Meiji period (1868-1912)

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to look old; to become musty; to wear out

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renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; makeover; updating

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love story

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group; bunch; crowd; group

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cinema complex

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small cinema; arthouse cinema

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to visit frequently; to haunt

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such

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aurora

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purple; violet

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both; together; jointly; simultaneously

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complexion; colour; color; blood red

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vitality; energy; dynamism

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ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

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to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

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absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

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sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

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to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

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self-deprecating; self-mocking

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tourism association; tourist association; tourism bureau

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overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault

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with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness

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something (or other)

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children

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to run around; to bustle about

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at a loss for words; stumped for words

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moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

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straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation

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extortion; shakedown

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aggressive; pushy; in-your-face

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to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed

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returning home

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to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

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with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)

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to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)

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to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone

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violence; violent

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fighting stance; fighting pose

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room number

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there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

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to get one's head around; to think about

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only recently; just of late

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according to; by (means of); due to; because of

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