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new employee; freshman employee; new hire

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recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)

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bright; intelligent

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Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time

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(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)

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movie theatre; movie theater; cinema

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temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

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waffle

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doughnut; donut

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

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matcha; powdered green tea

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who

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to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

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charging (electrically); electrification

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piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

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ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury

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foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity

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(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant

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crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

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without

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to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

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

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full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)

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to overeat

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hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

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since; this person

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abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

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to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

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tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

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chocolate

5

acquaintance

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senior high school; high school

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classmate

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Yagi

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pinch hitter

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companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

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precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

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

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easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

3

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

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arbitration; intercession; mediation

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anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

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daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

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spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

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huge; big; gargantuan

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sociolect spoken in the Tokyo area by gyaru

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