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as if it were about oneself

Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands)

theory of ideas

to contact

tiles used in incense-guessing games

housewarming gift

first spring thunderstorm of the year

metacenter (e.g. of a ship)

Chinese flowering ash (Fraxinus lanuginosa form. serrata)

very big

desperate situation with no escape

rhythm method (for conceiving)

nothing new

TV announcer (in the full-time employ of a single broadcaster)

to make (with great attention to detail)

after age 7, boys and girls should be kept apart

to use as an example

mainland dialects (of Japanese, as opposed to the Ryukyu languages)

to be out of the house often

Toyo (former province located in present-day Ōita and Fukuoka prefectures; later split into Buzen and Bungo provinces)

rolling (something) up by spinning it around

solarium

immigration detention center

movie maker

incurable (illness)

first appointment (to a post)

incessant

Republic of Kazakhstan

special order

not feeling like doing ...