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special effects; SFX; tokusatsu; genre of live-action film or television that makes heavy use of practical special effects

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confrontation; showdown

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the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)

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management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

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fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight

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strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen

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shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)

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Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)

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pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black

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confections; sweets; candy; cake

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to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome

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ancient time; age of the gods; mythological age; time before the ascension of Emperor Jimmu

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word; term; language; speech

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guardian; protector; patron; parent

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thought to be; seen as

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lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator

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(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director

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aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

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sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food

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and then; and so; and; so then

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wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!

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chocolate

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suitable temperature; right temperature; moderate temperature

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aforementioned; above-mentioned

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mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)

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pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back

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sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

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way of eating; how to eat

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lecture

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cookie; biscuit

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fruit

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sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

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the more one looks (at it) the more ...

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culture; cultivation; cultivation (of plants); growing; cultivation (e.g. of a skill); nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.)

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body (of a biwa)

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your home; your family; their home; (my) home

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after a meal

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between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

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ice; ice cream; ice pop; ice lolly; cold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee); ice (stimulant drug)

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mother; motherboard; Mother (title of a senior nun); Mother Superior

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ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)

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to grow horns; to sprout horns; to become angry; to become jealous

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to cross one's mind; to occur to one

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to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

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wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

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head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

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servant; manservant; menial

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the oldest; the earliest

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having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret

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sugar

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