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to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

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test for a position in a company; company entrance test

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communication skills; communication ability

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cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

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co-production; collaboration

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ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic

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publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda

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compatibility; coexistence; standing together

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in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

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beverage; drink

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that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?

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drink; beverage

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to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

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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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water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

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feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection

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spacious; vast; wide

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health; healthy; sound; fit

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to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration

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just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

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show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation

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the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

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to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

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papier mâché

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pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

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sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking

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to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

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arch; home run

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form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

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can; tin; canned food

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to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple

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at least; at most; (even) just

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or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

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to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited

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itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

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workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

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examiner

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creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

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process; course; mechanism

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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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to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

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to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

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jobless university graduate

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piece; fragment; one (object)

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maybe; could be; might

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low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)

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about this time

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