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modern Japanese; current written style

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national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

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to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

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one hour

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eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

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

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confession

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suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

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conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

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straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

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unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

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what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

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so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

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skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

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telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism

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to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

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from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

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

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desk

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inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

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to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

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keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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various

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thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

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to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

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food

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and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

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agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells

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state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

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right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

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aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

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to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

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oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

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being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself

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rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance

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to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

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to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

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to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

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laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughter

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hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!

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good morning

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true man

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you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

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who

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