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Swallow (island)

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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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Trafalgar

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parasite; pallasite

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monkey

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debut; first appearance

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silent; silent movie; silent film; silent letter

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Roger

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sabot; wooden shoe; work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

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someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran

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known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA

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tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

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to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

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second generation; second; junior

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to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

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operation

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lieutenant general; vice-admiral

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flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression

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gold

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warship; battleship

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this morning

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stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis

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fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance

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many; numerous

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looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)

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to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner

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deployment; disposition; posting; stationing

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being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

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divine; imperial

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to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

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influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

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counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.

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miraculous

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ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman

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bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood

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ambition; aspiration

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to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

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ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)

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barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

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gum; rubber; eraser; condom

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human body

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spy

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et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like

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Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

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alliance; union; league

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infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

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mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

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(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report

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crash into; clash

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