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automatic lock; automatic door-locking system

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complimentary copy of a book

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author; writer; novelist; artist

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name (esp. on a deed, contract, work, etc.); formal name; moral duty; justification; pretext

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alibi

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novelist; fiction writer

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winner; victor; conqueror

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common people; ordinary people; masses

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literary talent

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drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained

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poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

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place where one works; construction site; working area

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to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

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address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile

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summer vacation; summer holiday

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riding double (on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.); sharing a seat; sharing a chair

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result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)

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to become an adult woman; to come of age; to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active

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we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual

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to score an ippon; to score a full point (in judo, kendo, etc.); to one-up (someone); to defeat (in an argument); to score (against someone)

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ten (long cylindrical things)

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famous; celebrated; worthy of the name

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opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy

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to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married

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emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured)

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to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone

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helmet

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to steal a kiss; to snatch a kiss

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score (in a game); full score

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sitting feel (of a seat); seating comfort

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frame

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temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

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to get high (on drugs); to trip; to slur one's words (as a result of taking sleeping pills, etc.); to lose one's wits (due to lack of sleep, etc.); to space out

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hard blow; crushing blow; severe attack

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lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information

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to go to the bathroom; to go to the restroom; to excuse oneself

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scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing

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to come and go; to go back and forth

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time and time again; many times; a number of times

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gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)

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comparison

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agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility

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to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off

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precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation

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excess; surplus; superabundance

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to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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forestry

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slope; slanting surface; bevel

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water that has been used to wash rice

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lung

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