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too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories

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to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound

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won't you

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resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy

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single-mother household; fatherless family

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neglect

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childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing

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abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender

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misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

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to go into a huddle

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to support each other; to support one another

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sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)

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forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification

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platonic

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fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart

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sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup

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to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)

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dismal; gloomy

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Las Vegas

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hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

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dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull

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crusher

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to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

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belatedly; though a little too late

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chocolate given to a friend (on Valentine's day)

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having a full stomach; being full; to one's heart's content

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ecological; eco-

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to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand

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to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

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to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with

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to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)

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ouch

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such; this sort of; like this

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it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)

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best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)

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diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry

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to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile

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moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time

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Katsuya

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ability; capability; competence; skill

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rapid increase; sharp rise; proliferation; surge; explosion

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properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly

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hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary

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determination; decision

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all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly

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young female rice planter; young girl

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to pass an exam

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bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid

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visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings

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state of mind; (one's) mental state

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