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just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

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hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.

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to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

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to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated

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quirky; idiosyncratic

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in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

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person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

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to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

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attaching the familiar suffix "-chan" to somebody's name

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correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)

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being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

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student (esp. a university student)

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cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

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one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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history

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

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backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind

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Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

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plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

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planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up

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teacher (classroom)

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to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

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(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding

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awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something

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to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

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to accept; to receive; to agree

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teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

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to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble

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to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

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training (animals); breaking (animals)

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scene; spectacle; sight; view

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careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

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to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

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what people say; rumours; public opinion

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door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

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to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

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safety; welfare; well-being

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jokingly; in the form of a joke

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will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)

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protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

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recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo

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

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hope; wish; aspiration

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village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

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eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

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touch; contact

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