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(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story); rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene

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not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average

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order (for an item); request; demand; condition

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to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)

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material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

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correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

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to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

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thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness

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lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable

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mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting

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thank you

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Tibetan sand fox (Vulpes ferrilata); Tibetan fox

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arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization

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icon

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indeed; really; truly; very much

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publication

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Kasai

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editorial department

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Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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trouble; bother; annoyance

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proof; proof sheet; galley proof

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one breath; chug!; drink!

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son; penis

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to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

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work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique

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darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

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to smell sweet; to be fragrant

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April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

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16th day of the month; 16 days

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Mie Prefecture (Kinki area)

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Aries (constellation); the Ram

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type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention

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Mie University

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faculty of education

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mathematics

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department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family

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after graduation

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class

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reading (a book) out loud; reading (to children)

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mysterious thief; phantom thief

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clown

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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

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storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

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company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body

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children's literature; juvenile literature

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Rookie of the Year award

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being selected (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); being accepted; winning

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