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Baltic

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(naval) fleet; armada

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to break free of

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dock; thorough physical examination

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persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

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insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

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relaxed; easygoing; leisurely; nonchalant (during an emergency); unconcerned; unperturbed

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forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

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indignant; wrathful

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work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

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banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping

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wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather

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whisky; whiskey

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your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency

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by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible

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cotton print; calico

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plate; dish

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to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far

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busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

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office

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strike (i.e. industrial action)

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management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

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shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

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materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

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have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

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as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

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pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born

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incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

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Rikyuu; Sen no Rikyuu (1522-1591)

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slowly and quietly; smoothly

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Shinzaemon

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to entrust; to leave to a person

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spinning top

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to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

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Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky

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wooden Buddha

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metal statue of Buddha (usu. bronze); cold-hearted person; cold-blooded person

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convulsions of laughter

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stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance

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extreme excitement; sidesplitting laughter

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one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

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penniless; broke

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day after day; every day

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stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession

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stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession

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partner; pal; accomplice

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great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

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to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

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(feather) duster; dusting

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measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid

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