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(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain

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concrete example

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filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

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human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem

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input; (data) entry

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double effort

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millisecond

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washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)

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gargling; rinsing one's mouth

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serves you right!

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nice; good; well-executed

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special seat; box seat

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being in love with an idol, actor, etc.; fan who is in love with an idol, actor, etc.

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to be worn down; to be reduced

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profound mystery

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processed

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simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work

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caption (photo explanation, video subtitle, headline); legend; cutline

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buzz

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loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step

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self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I

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Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint

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ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant

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Chinese-style fried rice

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escaped prisoner; fugitive

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to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin

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to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of

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starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus

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one's field of expertise; one's strong area

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being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

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fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault

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bidet; douche

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yotta-; 10^24

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corolla

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expressing one's mind; speaking out

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hard of hearing; unfamiliar

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psychiatry; psychiatric department

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day after day; day by day

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disinfection; sterile filtration

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difficult

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very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

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as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

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to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away

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behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence

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plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

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axe; ax; hatchet

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company, battery, troop

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gentle; mild-mannered

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popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

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