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article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though

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Iwamoto

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Keiko

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Hiei

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Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point

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a hundred lashes; a hundred strokes

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albino fox; white (spiritual) fox

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roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; intestinal worm

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top ten; the ten best

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prelude

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body; frame

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teaspoon

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afterbirth; placenta

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(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole

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tablespoon

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now that it's come to this; since it's come to this

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stringlike; thready; linear; filamentous; filiform

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slaughter; massacre

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the four great sages (Buddha, Christ, Confucius, Socrates)

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once more; again

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overture; prelude

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remains; corpse; (dead) body

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dishonor during one's life; shame experienced during one's life

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mulberry field

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bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

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Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens

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tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)

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what on Earth is this?

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bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)

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to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin

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inhuman; heinous; atrocious

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strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing

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blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)

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Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens

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absolute zero

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darling

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White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens

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to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched

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not until now; never yet

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opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part

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to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush

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ghost; apparition

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feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling

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in person; personally; directly

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exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)

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mock exam; practice exam; practice test

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to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

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ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere

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to be manageable; to be able to handle

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inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)

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