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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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number one; first; best; most; game; round

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point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise

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speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

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don't you think?; indicates question

4

tiny; little; wee

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to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

2

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

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lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

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pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

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entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

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among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

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poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

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Frenchman; Frenchwoman

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painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting

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isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

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Japanese person; Japanese people

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woman; female; feminine gender

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practice; practising; training; study

3

couple

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father

6

true story

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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Japan

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mother

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reality; actuality; hard fact

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

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it seems that; as if

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end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

1

all; everyone; everybody

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something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

3

message

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to be to the point; to be pertinent

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question; inquiry; enquiry

1

emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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reaction; response; reaction

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is not; am not; are not

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to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating

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never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

3

such; this sort of; like this

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it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

2

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

2

hey; say; look

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we; us

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model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)

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mother

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to die

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how many years; how long; what year

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