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east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!

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civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

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Silk Road

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France; French (language)

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to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far

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leaving everything up to someone else

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exemplar; model; example; pattern

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dinnertime; suppertime

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space (room, area, outer space)

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making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling

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co-production; collaboration

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legal wife; her child; main family

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ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

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power of expression; expressiveness; expressive power

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renewing oneself; changing one's way of thinking

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to dance; to perform dance steps

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everyday life; daily life

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joint together; opposite; facing

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uniformity; integrity

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focusing on; paying attention to; observation; perception; taking notice of

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summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)

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absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

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Katsuko

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft

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cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)

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to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

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palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine

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one's whole soul

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breasts; boobies; tits; breast milk

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extra-large portion; extra-sized serving

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containing more onions or leeks than usual (of gyudon, etc.)

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precious stone (esp. jade); egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha

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artificial breasts; fake breasts

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vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

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to have a lewd look on one's face; to ogle

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cameraphobia; dislike of having one's photograph taken

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pre-

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game arcade; video arcade

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service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service

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commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental

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beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture

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accessory

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tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables

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how are you?

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young CEO; young company president

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living abroad; life overseas

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to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

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confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

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(political) power; authority; influence

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