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to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

2

present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era

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Black Jack (manga)

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decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation

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Terue

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deadline

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first thing in the afternoon

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half past (the hour)

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bronze; bronzed

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to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew

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yellow; amber

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transparent; clear

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ascites

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to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)

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reddish-brown

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bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

2

smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable

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whole surface; entire

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dark green

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unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness

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rib

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to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)

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swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy

2

to push (something) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)

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overswelling (of a blood vessel); engorgement; bulging; squaring one's shoulders; flexing one's muscles

2

sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination

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pole; climax; extreme; extremity

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middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe

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along; parallel to; in accordance with

2

hemostat; arterial forceps; Pean forceps

4

counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; even number; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)

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camp stove and cooking utensils; outdoor cooking set; surgical artery forceps; Kocher forceps

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to insert; to put between; to tuck (into)

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to open one's eyes wide

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inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary

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rear; back; reverse

2

Kerry (Ireland); Kelley; Kerrey

4

rim; brim; edge; brink

1

to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple

2

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

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even

2

unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

2

ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

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edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)

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ice cream

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to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)

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edge of blade

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quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes

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similar

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tape

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