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persistence; fortitude; indomitability

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fighting spirit; (will to) fight

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sulking in bed; going to bed in a huff

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empty stomach; hunger

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eating; bite (in fishing)

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mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

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when it comes to ...; as for ...

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one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N

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to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied

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miniaturization; miniaturisation; downsizing

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food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food

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to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

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call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)

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professionalism; professional awareness; professional attitude

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contrived; false-sounding

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like that; that way; thus

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good; goodness; right; virtue

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traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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consequently; as a result

2

what proportion; what percentage

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conservative

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the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes

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going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote

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adversary; opposition; hostile forces

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fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number

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to maintain; to continue to have

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to nip (something) in the bud

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to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted

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obvious; undeniable

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in one's hands; in one's control

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unpleasant feeling

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(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling

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going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness

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existing

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minuscule amount; extremely small quantity

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to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark

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course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic

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loss; forfeit

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injury; harm; danger

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happy ending

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end; conclusion

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that's not my concern; that's none of my business; that's not on me

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man's looks; handsomeness; good-lookingness

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detritus; clastic material

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new species; new variety

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in the end; after all is said and done

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down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream

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probe into the truth (of the matter); dig into the real facts of the case; get at the root of a matter

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peak; peek

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