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counter for articles; counter for military units; individual

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darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

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every evening; night after night

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loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling

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stray cat; alley cat

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headgear; headdress; (novelty) mask; head mask

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grinning; smirking

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human society

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balance

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to live; to make a living; to get on with

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how long; how much; to what extent

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abdomen; stomach; lower parts; under parts

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to put one's strength into

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school cafeteria

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

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before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

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you (plural)

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television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

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silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

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chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

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way of speaking; intimation

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ghost story

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brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

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wrinkle; crease; ripple

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to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

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lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up

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full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)

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every year; yearly; annually

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onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

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baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread

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to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

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heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle

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embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile

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hyper

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transcendence; excellence; superiority

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birth; creation; formation

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entirely; (not) at all

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having not the slightest idea

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bitter-tasting bug

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

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human; human-like; as a person

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defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage

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unlocking

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dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence

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walking off with someone's bag; luggage theft; luggage thief

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habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity

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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

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point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

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