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tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

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daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

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one hand

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sleep

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to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

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potato chips; potato crisps

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space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare

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leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank

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laptop (computer); notebook (computer)

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screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)

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word processing software

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blank slate; tabula rasa

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indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution

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sales promotion; hard selling

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to throw open; to leave open

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large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi

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cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

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to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat

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hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

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double

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wherein; therein; thereinto

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hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating

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bell; bel; B

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to doze (off)

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and then; and so; and; so then

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to become hoarse

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old woman

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late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar

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being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

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granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

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we

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to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

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because; since

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fishing boat; boat-shaped hanging flower vase

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Shinkansen; bullet train

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to jump upon (a moving object)

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Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

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Osaka prefecture

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inside; within

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retirement; resignation

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break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with

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(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

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putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank

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to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

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financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

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overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

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to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

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inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

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blood relationship; blood relative

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complete stranger; total stranger

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