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was

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please; somehow or other; one way or another

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honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

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shit!; damn!

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failure; mistake; blunder

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how; in what way; how about

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spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention

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all; every

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potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

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above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

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to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

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to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

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sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

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what to do

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declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

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why; how

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special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

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to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation

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to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

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unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

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most; extremely

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disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

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to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

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different person; another person; someone else; changed man

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

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impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength

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to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run

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mastery of the air

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sphere; circle; range; category

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to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

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in comparison to; rather than

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powerful; strong

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pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

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standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

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scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

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who; what kind of person

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inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

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Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)

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Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

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my; one's own; I ...; one ...

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to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

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memorial service for the dead; holding a service

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for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

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temple (Buddhist)

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to; towards; for

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statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image

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