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essential; important; crucial; vital; main

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medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

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helper; assistant; help

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neighbourhood; neighborhood

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with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)

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ticklish; embarrassing

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's house; 's home

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older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

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noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing

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cooked rice; meal

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sick person; patient; invalid

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chicken and vegetable stew with bechamel sauce or fresh cream

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to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

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embarrassing; awkward

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finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

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channelling; channeling

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universe; cosmos; space

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telecommunications; correspondence

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space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being

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to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

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success; hit

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as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

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to pretend; to feign

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spaceship

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Tuesday

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unidentified flying object; UFO

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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intensive; concentrated; focused

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turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

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um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

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hair (of the head)

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to turn one's back to

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figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

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attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

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to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

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detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking

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groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)

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approximately the same

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age; years

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when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

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to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

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acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand

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to have an interest (in)

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touch; contact

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mimesis; mimicry; camouflage

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straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

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straight-cut bangs (hairstyle)

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photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

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