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to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK

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I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

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to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

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educational institution; school; academy; campus

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secret; private; surreptitious

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celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

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underworld; underside of society

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

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magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell

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extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK

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curse; spell; malediction

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soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

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various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

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to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

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constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor

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occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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how long; how much; to what extent

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to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

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repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year

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dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course

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

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promotion (school, military, etc.)

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wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

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student (esp. a university student)

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(political) power; authority; influence

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cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

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what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?

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three years

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1000 ri; (a) long distance

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occult

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research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)

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president (of a society); chairman

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mere; simple; sheer

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pupil; student; schoolchild

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frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

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to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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tremendous; immense

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to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

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unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

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to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to

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abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

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to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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thank you; thanks

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immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

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to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life

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