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log-house

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open every day of the year

1

gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme

1

thick curtain; drop curtain

1

the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; flavour of ghee; (fig.) delicious taste; Buddha's gracious teachings

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police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)

4

street stall; stand; booth

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caramel (soft candy)

2

island country

3

many thousands

2

accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)

6

the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

2

art; fine arts

3

study; research; investigation

2

voyage; passage; travelling

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private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular

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practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot

5

inspection; examination; survey

2

iron pot; kettle

6

number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation

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sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (esp. used by homosexual men)

3

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets

1

velvet

2

one or two; a few; small number

2

oriental; Asian; yellow monkey; gook

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Mongoloid

2

bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste

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handwork; handcraft; manual labor; manual labour; working with one's hands

1

blond hair

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blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

8

Gothic Lolita (type of fashion style)

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dress

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to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

3

(someone else's) daughter

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latchkey child

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aloneness; loneliness; solitude

1

precocity (esp. of a young girl); acting grown up; precocious young girl

1

cent

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proficiency level; degree of skill; learning level

1

change; fluctuation

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roughly

8

gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter

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freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)

2

just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp

2

paedophile; pedophile

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mature woman; middle-aged woman

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prejudice; bias; distorted view

6

look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...

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public lavatory; slut; whore; floozy

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