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the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; family crest representing the seven luminaries (with one central circle surrounded by six other circles); Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine

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rib; frame (of a ship)

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meridian (e.g. in acupuncture); channel; one of the lines connecting vital points in the body; thread of connection; chain of reasoning

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Tao

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to cut; to slit

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mania

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kaiser; emperor

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rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)

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bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

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lungs; bottom of one's heart; vital point

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peak; mountain

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just; fair; proper; reasonable

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to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

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rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism

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national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

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(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing

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heart

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to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

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the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow

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orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus

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Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo

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to revere; to respect; to worship

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right foot; right leg

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small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person

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half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

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audience (with a person of high standing)

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to consume

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sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice

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to sell over to

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to make an error

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to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

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fighting spirit

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hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)

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laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig

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Germany

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cawing (of a crow)

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matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

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school (e.g. of ikebana)

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servant; manservant; menial

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Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide

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to smile

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to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in

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(imperial) reign; period

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popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

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otherwise; or else; if not

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not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...

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large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

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hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

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gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)

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spine; backbone; spinal column

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