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that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

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please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)

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

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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world champion

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serious; not joking; straight

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you

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tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion

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udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

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granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

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this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

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presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out

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good grief

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everybody; every last one of them; all

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for your information; I'm telling you

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than; from; out of; except; but; more

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(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually

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to talk; to chat; to chatter

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just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

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one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

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for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

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slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

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aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

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taxi

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driver; chauffeur

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oh, yes?; really?

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hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

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music

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

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office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

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by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

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limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

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many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

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weekend; Saturday and Sunday

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only; nothing but

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to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

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sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

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battle of the bands

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it is I who should say so

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well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...

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to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

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we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

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comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy

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to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

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time; season; period; phase; stage

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whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

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to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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