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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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to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

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to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

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meaningless; pointless

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interception (email); wiretap; bug

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ha ha ha (laughter)

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(a) little; somewhat; somehow

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

2

to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

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each other; one another

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busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

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very popular; highly favoured

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very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

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to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

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after school (at the end of the day)

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almost; roughly; approximately

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every day

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embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

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

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name; given name; first name

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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

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feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy

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part-time job; side job

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to increase; to add to; to augment

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ten o'clock

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time; hour; period; class

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parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

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worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid

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independence; self-reliance

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running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood

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one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

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to subsist; to keep on living

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hence; for that reason

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to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

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tuition; school expenses

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so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

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to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

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to bear; to endure

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dream for the future; hopes for the future

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goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

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to graduate from a university

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family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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pressure

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to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

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wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

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to be the case that

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(in) one's own way

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to be helpful; to be useful

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

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