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Admittedly, we've found the story elements difficult to digest given the fact that we're not fluent in Japanese -- hence, the point of releasing such a game in English -- but the presentation is marvelous and the gameplay mechanics fun.

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  1. adverb For this reason; therefore: handmade and hence expensive.
  2. adverb From this source: They grew up in the Sudan; hence their interest in Nubian art.
  3. adverb From this time; from now: A year hence it will be forgotten.
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  • The critics of sociobiology succumbed to a form of fallacious reasoning that grows out of the fear that whatever is biological must be "natural and good"--hence, a scientific justification for all of the evil in the world. —  Omni: June 1993
  • To those who say that Edward just wants to kill Bella all the time (and hence, that is not romantic; and hence they'd rather Jacob for Bella): the FACT is Edward DOESN'T kill Bella, and would much rather she doesn't turn into a vampire, actually. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • But the contagion to other commodity sectors is dramatic and caused by a weakening economy - hence, the selling.
  • It was also used to clear intestinal parasites and, hence, the common name. —  Find Me A Cure
  • What we did get was a trip to Londontown by Temperance and Seely (hence, the British slang), and some significant relationship changes amongst the Squints. —  TV Squad
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  1. Middle English hennes, from here : henne (from Old English heonan; see ko- in Indo-European roots) + -es, adv. suff.; see -s3.

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  1. With false spelling -ce, as in thence, whence, once, twice, thrice, and in plural pence, mice, etc., for orig. -s; from Middle English hens, contr. of hennes, this, with adverbial genitive suffix -es, for earlier henne, modern English dial. hen: see hen.
  2. from hence, adv.
 

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