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as anyone can see

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obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

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superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

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to peek; to peep

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to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket

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finally; after great pains; at last; just barely

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straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

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serious look (on one's face); straight face

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terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

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series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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material witness; suspect

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appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in

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for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

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correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

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frankly speaking

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field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

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to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

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physique; constitution

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handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

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curt; point-blank

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middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

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to shut up; to imprison

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narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

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inside a car (train, bus, etc.)

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back seat (of a car); rear seat

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robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy

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to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

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global scale; worldwide scale

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to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

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please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

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to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

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Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)

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headquarters; head office; main office

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to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

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under the eaves

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among (them); of (them)

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public transportation; public transport

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means of transportation; transport service

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to be at a loss; to be puzzled

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to change

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advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice

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townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

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A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.

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this area; around here

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congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation

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by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

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idleness; inactivity

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earthworm

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to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

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motorcade

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