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n. クセ eccentricity; oddness; an odd or unusual characteristic; private ownership; proprietorship


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n. 年金 something paid or given; payment to a person in consideration of past services


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a. 永久 everlasting; continuing without interruption


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a. 厄介な pestering; vexatious; troublesome; causing irritation or annoyance


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a. 科料 trivial; of small importance; very small


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n. ファントム something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; ghost or apparition; sprite


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n. パイナップル large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves


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n. ペスト epidemic disease with a high death rate; annoyance


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a. 漆喰 very drunk; covered with a coat of plaster; made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance


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n. 窮状 condition or state, especially a bad state or condition


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