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Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later

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reagent

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medical equipment

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case

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cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end

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to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

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to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

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to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

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frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

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overwork; strain

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to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

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one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

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

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to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

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putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

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to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

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to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

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what day; how many days

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to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

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instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

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finishing early (e.g. work, a game); entering elementary school a year earlier than others

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childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing

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spare time; free time; leisure time

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to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

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since one was born; (in) all one's life

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to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

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to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

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married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

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a quarrel; argument

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to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

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last year

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whooping cough; pertussis

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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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glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

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letter of resignation

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paediatrician; pediatrician

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in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)

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home; family; household

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to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

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surroundings; environs; circumference

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doctor

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such ... as; or some such

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no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine

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overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

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short; brief

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to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

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to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

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to feel ashamed

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