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ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

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rush; charge

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benefactor; patron

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to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

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toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

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one's side; spleen

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to be dispersed; to get separated

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very short distance

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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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to manage; to dispose of; to carry through; to distinguish; to discriminate

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draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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illusion; fallacy; delusion

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to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

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empress; queen

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to roll or tumble into

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to blow over

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to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

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intermittence; being intermittent; occurring intermittently

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pieces; scraps; disconnected

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to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

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womanly; ladylike; feminine

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lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild

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slightly bright

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to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

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cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning

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to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself

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one knee

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to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

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thrust at the opponent's throat

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smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane

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blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)

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eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form

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(dead) body; corpse

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heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed

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splash; spray; droplet

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splash; spray

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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to wipe; to dry

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having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit

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length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases

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passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed

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to drift; to blow together; to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up

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spray of snow (smoke-like)

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formal marriage interview; marriage meeting

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monstrously ugly; hideous; ugly and bizarre

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kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points

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to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

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calling card

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to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

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