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sobering up; method of sobering up

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sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

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secretary; councillor; councilor

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Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

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exceptionally close friend

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flowering crab apple (Malus halliana); Kaido crab apple (Malus micromalus); Chinese flowering apple (Malus spectabilis); Siberian crab apple (Malus baccata); aronia (flower)

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)

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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

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strength of a thousand men; cloth with the character for "strength" written by a thousand men (soldier's charm)

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to succeed to someone's post; to take someone's place; to take over someone's position; to step into someone's shoes

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Uranus (Greek god); Uranus (planet)

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generic drug

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Neptune (Roman god); Neptune (planet)

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pirate king

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Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes); killifish; Japanese medaka

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grey moustache; white beard

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strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously

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Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)

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Poseidon (Greek god)

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Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

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monkey

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wheat straw; barley straw

7

dead men tell no tales

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just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment

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Gao

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big quarrel; huge fight; big row

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Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure

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sailor; marine

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story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend

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premium

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cheek (of face)

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major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner

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to bind up; to tie up

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leaving a matter to chance

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world situation; world affairs

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green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant

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to be given up; to be discontinued

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belch; burp; eructation

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most recent work (e.g. book, film, etc.); latest work; latest offering

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licking; dead drunk; blind drunk

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in haste

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strange; odd; unusual

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avenger; revenger

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pill

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somehow; for some reason or other

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after one's death

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new era; new period; new age; new epoch

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clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom

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