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nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)

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Spanish-Japanese

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sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

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leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)

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threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

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gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove

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shin guards; shin pads; greaves; leggings

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forearm

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to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

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if I (we, etc.) could

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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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to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex

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listen!; you see; mind you; remember

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in those days

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to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over

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(yet) again

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to begin to

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strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

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rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason

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anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)

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high-ranking official

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tiny bit

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armed forces; battle troops

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here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

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to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

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to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

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mouth of river; estuary

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minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

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large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

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workshop; studio; atelier

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after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on

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pressingly; demandingly; hey! hey!; oi!

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wig; hairpiece

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trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

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sea kale (Crambe maritima)

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to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

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late spring; third month of the lunar calendar

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tsunami; tidal wave

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straining one's ears

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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment

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examination; investigation; prosecution

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forfeiture (of assets); confiscation

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large quantity; large amount

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frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

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concealment

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to begin (doing); to start (doing)

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outbreak; occurrence

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floating weed; greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza); precarious; unstable

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unavoidable; inevitable; beyond one's control

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