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tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement

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to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

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journalism

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United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England

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by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

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experience

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lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering

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as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

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to have a smattering knowledge of

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

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probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't

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come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

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fresh

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glossy; bright; slick

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(husked grains of) rice

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this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

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we

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Edo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)

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interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

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Tokyo style

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worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class

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originally; by nature; from the start

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now; the present time; just now; another; more

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Tokyo Bay

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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

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shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

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to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

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baby

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just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

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in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

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Tokyo

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at that time; in those days

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed

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chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

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one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of

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fire; conflagration

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

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to peddle (goods); to hawk

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fire; flame; blaze

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use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

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to prohibit

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to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

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to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

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fast food

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hasty; impatient; restless; rash

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common people; ordinary people; masses

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