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classic (work, esp. book); the classics

1

push-button quiz; buzz-to-answer quiz

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demanding; difficult; strict

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prosperity; flourishing; thriving

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Hakone ekiden; Hakone long-distance relay race

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I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves

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annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat

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association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

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school of one's (first, second) choice

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cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet

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department (faculty) of literature

2

paper cup

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to sigh; to breathe a sigh

7

strange voice

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together with; same; both; all; including ...

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warmly; cordially; with tender care

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no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said

1

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

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calculation; self-interest; selfishness

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contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition

1

pair

1

sun; sunshine; sunlight

2

to envy; to be envious (of); to be jealous (of)

1

to refuse; to reject; to deny

1

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

1

jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise

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sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop

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noisy; confused; uproarious

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to come alive; to get going; to start to move

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after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

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patrol car

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driver's seat (in a car)

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police officer; policeman; constable

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to have an eye on; to zero in on

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to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

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inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

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to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

1

to nod to one another

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to have an accident; to meet with an accident

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disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure

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real harm; actual damage

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useless; vain; aimless; idle

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relation; connection; relevance

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to possess; to haunt

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to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

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complete recovery of health

2

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

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to fight against; to oppose; to face

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to give; to do (something) for

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special case; exception

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