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coochy-coo; hitchy-koo; kitchy-koo (tickling sound)

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to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

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to speak frankly; to put things bluntly

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(aircraft) hangar; (coat) hanger; hunger

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to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)

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ta-dah!; ta-da!; voilà!

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at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove

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sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing

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publication

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tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem

2

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

1

line; row; rank; list

3

long (e.g. novel, film)

1

paperback edition

1

imaginary

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mystery writer; detective fiction writer; crime author

1

profile

1

style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics

1

uniformity; integrity

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to kick out; to cut back (on spending)

1

close call; narrow escape

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foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

1

silver hair; gray hair; grey hair

1

Happy New Year

1

Remo

1

vowel

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we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)

1

forehead; brow

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leather

2

(short) jacket; blouson; ski jumper; jumping event athlete; jumper lead; jumper wire

2

paper bag

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Okinawan lion (or lion dog) statue placed as talisman against evil at entrances and on roofs

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Okinawa (city, prefecture)

2

going alone; doing by oneself

2

to take up space; to occupy space

1

major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued

1

of all people

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distinction; discrimination

1

year in, year out; always; 24-7

1

anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence

1

drool

1

being sticky

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sata andagi; Okinawan sweet deep-fried bun similar to a doughnut

4

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

oil

1

doughnut; donut

1

words of praise; eulogy; compliment

1

heat up

1

sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing

1

tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume

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