Beginners Japanese Vocab List

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Aikido (a Japanese art of self-defence derived from Judo)

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iced

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ice cream

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between

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to be open, to be unoccupied

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to meet

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blue

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red

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baby

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bright

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autumn

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to open (vi)

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accessory

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to open (vt)

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to give

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morning

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breakfast

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leg, foot

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taste

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Asia

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assistant

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tomorrow

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there (over there)

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to play

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warm

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head

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new

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that direction

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thick

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hot (to touch or weather)

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Adelaide

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after, later

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announcement

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you

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my elder brother

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my elder sister

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that ~(noun) over there

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apartment, flat

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to take shower

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dangerous

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sweet

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rain door

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not very~

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candy

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rain

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America

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to wash

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Alice Springs

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to be, to exist (inanimate things), to have

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by walk

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to walk

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part time job

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that thing (over there)

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allergy

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that kind, that sort of

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good

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Easter

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to say, to be called

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house, home

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bound for~

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England

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to go

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how many

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how much

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pond

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flower arrangement

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medical doctor

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chair

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painful, sore

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Italy

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January

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strawberry

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all day long

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the most, number one

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when

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(to work, study) hard

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together

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full of, lots of

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always

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country side

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dog

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living room

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now

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younger sister

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entrance

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to be, to exist (living things)

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to need

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colour

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various

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the Internet

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India

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Indonesia

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information

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weekend

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Wollongong

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on, on top of

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waiter

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waitress

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walking

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reception

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behind

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thin

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song

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to sing

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beautiful

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arm

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udon noodle

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horse

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good at, delicious

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to be born

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sea, beach, ocean

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sales counter

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to sell

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Uluru

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driver

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driver's licence

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picture

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Ayers Rock

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aerobics

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film, movie

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English (language)

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Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

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station

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economy class

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escalator

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picture postcard

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prawn

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electronics

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elevator

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Yen

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engineer

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school excursion

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pencil

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delicious

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pedestrian crossing

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return (ticket)

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many, numerous

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big

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Osaka (city in Japan)

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Australia

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many (people)

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owner

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mother

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sweet, snack

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money

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rich person

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to get up

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to put

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somebody's wife

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to send

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to be late

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somebody's child

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okonomiyaki (savoury pancake)

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my uncle

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grandfather

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cupboard

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somebody's uncle

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New Year's Day

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somebody's daughter

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tea

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change (after paying bill)

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toilet

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noise, sound

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father

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younger brother

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boy

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lost property (thing dropped)

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to drop something (vt)

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adult

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to dance

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stomach

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to get hungry

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same

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elder brother

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rice ball

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elder sister

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my aunt

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grandmother

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opal

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aunt

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sash (for Kimono)

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office

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bath

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lunch box

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to remember

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policeman

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a visit or gift to a sick person

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to visit a sick person in hospital or home

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souvenir

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souvenir shop

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to recall

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to think

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interesting, fun

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Oyako donburi (chicken and egg + rice)

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to swim

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origami (paper folding)

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to get off, to get down

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orange

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to finish, to come to an end

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music

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hot spring

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girl

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curtain

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card

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beach

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accountant

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foreign country

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foreigner

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company

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company employee

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staircase

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guide book

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to go shopping

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to keep a pet

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to buy

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to go back (home)

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face

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science or chemistry (depending on the kanji)

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to take (time, money)

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key

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to write, draw

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furniture

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student

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(number of) months (duration)

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to wear (glasses), to make (phone call)

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umbrella

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to lend

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gas

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wind

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to catch cold

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family

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shoulder

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hard (not soft)

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one way ticket

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term (at school)?term 1)

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good looking, cool

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school

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port cutlet donburi

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school science

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corner (on a street)

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my wife

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Canada

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she, girlfriend

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bag

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caf�

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cafeteria

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Kabuki play

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to wear (hat)

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hay fever

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paper

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hair

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to chew

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camera shop

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school subject

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Tuesday

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hot (spicy)

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Karaoke

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Karaoke box

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body

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Karate

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to borrow, hire

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he, boyfriend

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curry (rice)

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garage

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river

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cute

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to dry

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sightseeing

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to go sightseeing

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tourist

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South Korea

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nurse

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Quantas

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to do one's best

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tree

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yellow

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temperature (of air)

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to hear, to listen to, to ask

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to be audible, to be able to hear

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techniques (school subject)

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season

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north

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guitar

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dirty

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coffee shop

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(postage) stamp

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ticket

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yesterday

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strict

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feeling (health)

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to feel sick, to feel bad

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Kimono

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customer, guest

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guest room

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art gallery

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to cancel

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campus

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Canberra

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Kyushu (island in Japan)

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beef

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milk

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today

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church

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classroom

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sibling, brothers and sisters

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Kyoto (place in Japan)

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to be interested in

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last year

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dislike, not likeable

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Greece

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to wear (clothes)

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beautiful, clean

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kilogram

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kilometre

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no smoking (seat)

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gold fish

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bank

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neighbourhood

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blonde (hair)

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Friday

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Queensland

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airport

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September

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sneeze

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to sneeze

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medicine

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pharmacy

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to write a prescription

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to take medicine

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fruit

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mouth

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shoes

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socks

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country

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neck

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cloudy

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to be come cloudy

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about (length of time, distance, etc)

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ground

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class

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club activity

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cricket

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Christmas

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to come

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group

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car

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gray

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to give (someone gives you)

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black

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Cairns

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economics

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calculator

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mobile phone

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cake

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game

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game centre

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injury

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this morning

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scenery

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eraser, rubber

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wooden thongs

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shoe cupboard

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to get married

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Monday

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diarrhoea

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inspection, visit

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inspection, visit (to inspect, visit)

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entrance hall

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healthy, vigour, active

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architect

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Kendo (martial art)

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sightseeing

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to go sightseeing

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koala

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park

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exchange student

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airline company

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air mail

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high school

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high school student

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public phone

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factory

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black tea

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school principal

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school ground

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police box

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Kobe (place name in Japan)

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public servant

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overcoat

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coffee

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coke

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choir

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Gold Coast

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May

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Japanese (at Japanese school, literary means "national language

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international

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blackboard

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Kokeshi doll

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here

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in the afternoon, P.M.

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pepper

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out of order

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A.M.

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in the morning

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to answer

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Kotatsu (heater under low table)

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this (polite)

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parcel

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cup

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things, matter

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this year

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child

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Children's Day (5th May)

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children's clothes

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small bird

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this (noun)

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last (previous) time

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meal, cooked rice

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to be in trouble

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rubbish bin

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to become crowded

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golf

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golf course

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this (thing)

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from now on

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about (point of time)

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this week

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this kind, this sort of

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tonight

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convenience store

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computer

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tonight

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service

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Surfers Paradise

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surfing

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~years old

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cycling

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size

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wallet, purse

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to look for, to search for

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fish

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fish shop

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to bloom

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composition

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cherry blossom

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rice wine, alcohol

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raw fish

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counter for book

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soccer

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magazine

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Sapporo (place name in Hokkaido)

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sugar

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flat cushion for sitting on

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cold (climate)

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samurai warrior

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plate

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salaried workers

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March

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sunglasses

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sandwich

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walk, stroll (when you go for a walk)

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to go for a walk (stroll)

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counter for o'clock

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game, match

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CD

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CD player

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Geelong

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jeans

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salt

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April

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time, hours

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~school period

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school timetable

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payment by the hour

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exam

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to pass an exam

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to take an exam

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Shikoku (island in Japan)

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timetable (train, bus)

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work, job

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dictionary

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quiet

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under, bellow

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underwear

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July

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to lose a job

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question

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bicycle

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Sydney

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to die

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own, oneself

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by one's self

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island

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sister school

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to close (vi)

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to close (vt)

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jacket

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photograph

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shirt

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to chat

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shower

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jumper

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November

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October

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week(s) (duration)

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address

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to get a (permanent) job

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juice

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Judo (martial art)

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December

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lesson (class)

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during a lesson

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homework

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master, husband

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to depart

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house wife

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hobby

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primary school student

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primary school

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paper sliding door (in Japanese house)

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honest

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good at, skilful

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novel

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horse riding

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soy sauce

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in the future

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jogging

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meal

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dining room

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shopping centre

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to know

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white

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suffix for nationality

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Bullet train

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single

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traffic light

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population

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bed room

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shrine (shintoism)

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kind, hearty

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to worry

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newspaper

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newspaper journalist

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newspaper company

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swimming

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Wednesday

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Wednesday

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to inhale

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mathematics

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suit

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suitcase

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supermarket

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skirt

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scarf

?????????

like

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ski

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Sukiyaki (Japanese food)

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scuba diving

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to pass (go by)

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to become empty, to get less crowded

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few, not many

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skating

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great, fantastic, wonderful

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very, extremely

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a little, a few

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Sushi

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cool (weather)

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stewardess, steward ( flight attendant)

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for quite a while, by far, very much

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steak

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stereo

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sneakers

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spaghetti

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spoon

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Spain

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sport

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sport goods

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trousers

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to live

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Sumo (Japanese-style wrestling)

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to do, to play

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to sit down

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height

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student

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school uniform

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biology

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sweater

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world

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tall (height)

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short (height)

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cough

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to cough

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by all mean, without fail

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suit(of clothes) for man

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narrow, cramped, small

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thousand

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last month

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last week

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teacher

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not at all

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Sendai (place name in Japan)

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cents

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all

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in all, altogether, total

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rice cracker

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cleaning

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to clean up

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Japanese thongs

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sausage

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there

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and

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that direction

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to graduate

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outside

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that~(noun)

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beside, nearby

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Soba noodle

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my grandfather

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sofa

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my grandmother

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that thing (near listener)

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and then, after that

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that kind of~, that sort of~

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Darwin

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Thai

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physical education

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gymnasium

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university

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university student

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hate, dislike a lot

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carpenter

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love, like a lot

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important, precious

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usually

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kitchen

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very, terrible, difficult

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towel

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high (tall), expensive

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Takamatsu (place name in Japan)

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therefore, and so

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a lot, many

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taxi

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taxi stand

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only

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to take out, hand out

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Tasmania

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tatami mat

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to stand up

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building

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for example

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seed

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enjoyable, fun

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cigarette

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to smoke a cigarette

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Japanese socks for geta

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double

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food

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to eat

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egg

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not good, not allowed

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to save (money)

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who

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birthday

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dance

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housing complex

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rice field

?????????

small

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team

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checkout / check-in

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near, close

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to be different

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subway

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chicken

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map

?????

my father

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brown

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bowl for rice

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junior high school student

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junior high school

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China

?????

order

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chocolate

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a little bit, for a moment

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geography

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tour guide

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to use

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to get tired

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next

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including, attached

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to arrive

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desk, table

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to make

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to tell (someone)

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to be employed at

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my wife

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boring

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cold (when touched, thing)

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strong

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fishing

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to go with someone, accompany

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to come with someone, bring

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hand

?????????

T shirt

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set menu

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tape

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table

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to go out

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letter

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textbook

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to be able to do, can do

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exit

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dessert

???

test

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assistance, help

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to assist, help

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tennis

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now then, in that case

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department store

????

gloves

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but

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temple

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to leave, to go out, to come to

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TV

????

shop assistant

???

weather

???????

electricity

???????????

desk lamp

???????????

electric heater

??????

weather forecast

????????

train

??????

microwave

????

Tempura (Japanese food)

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telephone

?????

degrees (temperature) ?

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door

???

Germany

???

toilet

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Tokyo

????

why

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to arrive

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Tofu (bean curd)

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zoo

?????

how

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road

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far

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in the distance, far away

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toast

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to pass, to go through

????????

sometimes

??????

good at, talented

???????

special

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watch, clock

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where

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alcove in a Japanese room

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place

??

city

?????

library

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to close (book)

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which (one out of two), which where

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special express

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which one

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very

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who (polite)

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adjacent to , next to

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which (noun)

?????

about how much, about how long

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to stop (vi)

????????????

to stay (in a hotel, etc)

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to stop (vt), to park (a car)

?????????

friend

??????????

Saturday

???

drama

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bird

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chicken meat (raw)

??

to take, to get

??

dollars

??

which (of 3 or more)

?????

track suit

??????

training

???

dress

???

what kind of, what sort of

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knife

?????

inside

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long

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Nagasaki (place in Kyushu, Japan)

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from amongst~, out of~

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to flow

???

to lose

????

to disappear

???

Nagoya (place name in Japan)

??

pear

??

why

?????

summer

??

and so on, etc

????????

what

??

pan, pot

???????

name

??

Nara (place name in Japan)

???

to learn

???

Narita (where the Tokyo Int'l airport is)

??

to become

???

to get used to

???????

February

??????

not good at, not talented

??

meat

???

butcher

??

west

?????????

Western Australia

?????

day (duration)

???????????

Sunday

???

diary

????

Nikko (place name in Japan)

???????

Japan

?????????

Japanese

???????????

Japanese food

???

luggage

???????

to go into hospital, to be hospitalised

???????

be admitted to a school, to enter a school

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Newcastle

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NSW

????????

New Zealand

??

garden

?????

counter for people

??????????

to be popular

?????

doll

?????

stuffed toy

??

to take off (clothes, shoes)

????

necktie

??

cat

???

price

?????

to have a fever

?????

necklace

??????

net ball

??

to go to bed, to sleep

?/??????/?????

(number of) years (duration)

??

Noh play

?????????

Northern Territory

???

notebook

??

throat

???

to climb, to rise (sun)

?????????

drink

??????

to drink

??

nori (dried seaweed)

?????

to change train, to transfer train

????

sushi rolls

??

to get on, to embark

?

tooth

?

leaf

???

Perth

?????

party

??????

BBQ

?????

violin

?????

hiking

????

dentist

????

stall, canteen

??????

pineapple

???

to enter, to have (a bath), to join (a club)

?????

pilot

???

postcard

??

to wear (trousers, shoes, skirt)

???

scissors

??

bridge

??

chopsticks

????

to begin, to start (vi)

????

for the first time

???

to run

??

bus

???????????

room with bath and toilet

????????

basket ball

????

bus stop

?????

bus stop (terminal)

?????

passport

????

personal computer

???

butter

???

20 years old

????

to work

????????

August

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pachinko (pinball game)

??

nose

??

flower

??????

story

???????

to speak, to talk

???

banana

???

florist

?????

my mother

??

ham

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early, fast

???

early, quickly

???

to pay

????

Ballarat

??

to stick on (sticker, stamp)

?????

spring

??

fine, clear, sunny (weather)

??????

volley ball

???

to become clear

???????

Barossa Valley

?????

half

??

bread

??

counter for numbers

????

handkerchief

?????

dinner

???????

handsome

??????

handbag

??????

hamburger

???

piano

???

beer

???

east

?????????

counter for small animal

??

to play (strings instrument, piano)

???

low

?????

Victoria

?????

picnic

????

aeroplane

??

knee

??

visa

??

pizza

????

art

???

secretary

??????

emergency exit

?????

biscuit

??????

left

???

sheep

???

video

?????

person

?????

Dolls Festival (3rd March)

??

spare time, free time

??????

hundred

?????

hospital

????

sickness

?????

Pyramid

?????

billiards

??

noon, daytime

??

building

?????

lunch

???

broad, wide, spacious

????????

Hiroshima (place name in Japan)

???

pink

???????

poor

????

ping pong

????????

first class

?????

family computer (video game)

????

envelope

???

swimming pool

????

ferry

????

fork

???

club activity

????

Fukuoka (place name in Kyushu, Japan)

???????

to revise, review

?????????

Mt. Fuji (the highest mountain in Japan)

????

pork

???

ordinally, normally

???

physics

????

pencil case

???

thick, fat

??????

to be fat

???

to become fat

???

Futon (Japanese bedding)

????

sea mail

??

ship

??????

inconvenient

????

railroad crossing

?????

winter

??????????

flight attendant

????

blouse

???????

planetarium

????

France

???????

Fremantle

?????

Brisbane

??

to fall (rain, snow)

???

old (things)

????????

Blue Mountains

????

Broome

?????

present

???????

bath

?????

programme

?????

floppy disk

???

bath room

????

front desk

????

blonde

?????????

minute(s)

???

culture

?????

stationery

??????

stationery shop

???????

hair style

?????

not good at, not skilful

???

bed

???

pet

????

Vietnam

??

room

??

pen

?????

strange,bizarre

??????????

to study

????

lawyer

???

reply

?????

pendant

???

constipation

??????

convenient

????????

~that direction, way

??????????

trading (company)

???

hat, cap

????

jewellery

????

law, legal studies

???

platform (station)

??????

home stay

?????

other, ~else

??

I (for boy)

???

desirable, wanted (nouns)

???

thin, fine, slender

???????????

Hokkaido (northern island in Japan)

????

hockey

???

hotel

???

pavement

??

bone

?????

to break bone

????

Hobart

????????????

counter for long, thin things

?????

book

?????????

Honshu (the main island of Japan)

????

book shelf

???

book store

???????

counter for flat things

???????

every~

?????????

every morning

?????????

every week

????????

every day

?????????

every night

?????

in front, before

???

to turn

??

first of all

???

bad tasting

??

again

??

not yet, still

?????

town

??

to wait

????

straight

????

pine tree

???????

until, as far as

??

window

????

ticket window, counter

????

to be on time

?????

ten thousand

???

cartoon, manga

??????

Manga Kissa (caf� with cartoon books)

?????

deluxe apartment

?????

meat pie

????????

to be visible, to be able to see (w/out intension)

???

to brush (teeth)

???

mandarin

?????

right

????

short (length)

?????

water

????

lake

??

shop, store

????????

to show

????

miso soup

??

road, street

??????

to get lost

???

green

?????????

everybody

???

south

??????????

South Australia

??

ear

??????

to see, watch

???

milk

?????

B&B, accommodation

??????????

to go to pick up someone

??????????

to come to pick up someone

??????)

other side

?????

difficult, hard

???

son

???

daughter

????

eye

???

name card, business card

????

metre

???

e-mail

???

glasses, spectacles

?????

message

????

menu

?????

Melbourne

???

melon

????

licence

??????

duty free shop

??

already

?????

again, one more time

?????

a little more

???????????

Thursday

????

of course

??

to hold, have, carry

?????

to take (with you)

?????

to bring

???

more

?????

thing

????

ruler

???

to receive, get

??

gate

????

problem (question)

???

vegetable shop

????

fried noodle

????

chicken kebabs

????

baseball

???

burn

?????

to burn oneself

???

vegetable

????

kind, gentle

????

easy

???

cheap

???????

holiday, break

????????????

recess (at school), break

???????

to rest, to be absent (from school)

?????

being thin

?????

mountain

???

to stop (vt)

??

to do

?????

soft

????

eucalyptus

???????

youth hostel

???????

post office

?????????

mailman

???

last night

???????

famous

???

yukata (informal kimono)

??

snow

????

slowly

??

finger

???

ring

????

western style room

?????

western style meal

?????

kindergarten

????

western clothes

?????

Europe

??

well, often

????

Yokohama (place in Japan)

???

plan, schedule

??

to read

????????

to reserve, book

???????

~than

??

night, evening

????

ramen (Chinese style noodles)

????????

next month

?????????

next week

????????

next year

????

rugby

???

radio

?????

to get divorced

??????

wonderful, magnificent

???????

to study abroad

???????

overseas student

????

cooking, food

?????????

to cook

????

ryokan (Japanese inn)

????

trip, travel

????????

travel company

??????

to travel

???

apple

??

not at home

???????

answering machine, voice mail

?????

refrigerator

???

history

?????

restaurant

?????

lemonade

?????

practice

???????

to practice

??????

to contact, get in touch

???

corridor

???????

roast beef

???????

Launceston

????????

June

????

locker

???

lobby

?????????

romantic

????

London

?????

white shirt, business shirt

???

wine

???

to understand, to become clear. To be comprehensible

???

Japanese style room

????

Japanese style meal

?????

lost property

????

to forget

??????

I

?????

we

???

to across (road, etc.)

???

bad

?????

one piece dress