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hourglass

2

meaning; called; said

2

tool; implement; means; furniture

1

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

1

timing

1

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

17

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

2

first wave

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

6

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

1

one's own country

1

samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight

3

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

2

beginning; outset; first; onset

4

to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject

3

second

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the third

1

powerful; strong

3

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

11

to become; to amount to

1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

1

sand; grit

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

1

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

1

second wave

1

already; too late

2

one month

1

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

1

to not take seriously; to take lightly

2

to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

9

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

8

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

1

just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally

1

to realize; to realise

1

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

2

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

5

to sell

3

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

2

handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission

3

in accordance with; according to

1

you (plural)

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

1

not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

2

all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

3

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)

2

by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

2

unpaid; without pay; gratuitous; voluntary

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