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victory depends on the turn of fortune; winning and losing are both down to luck

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the last moment; the very end

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as always; as ever; though it's always the case

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brave general

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narrow; cramped; small-sized

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setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement

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covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext

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awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

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hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)

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supreme command; direction over all

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special selection; special approval; special prize; highest honours

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when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

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god of death; death deity; Death

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skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

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to be nappy; to be disheveled (hair); to shudder

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corpse; dead person

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scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting

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madness; craziness; insanity

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twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days

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fortune-telling; divination

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(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

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Hokkokukaidou

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Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

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rumour; rumor; hearsay; report

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well, look at that

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to get scarce; to run short

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sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

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deceptive plan

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circulation; dissemination

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to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

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commanding officer

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groundless rumor; groundless rumour

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danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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example; illustration; precedent

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dark night

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to pick up; to find; to gather

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to make a din

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falsified severed head

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look!; there!; here!; that is

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sense of defeat

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aftertaste

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as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

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evening

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getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)

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to overdo; to do too much

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warrior monks from Enryaku temple at Mt. Hiei in Kyoto

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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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hand drum

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crossing a river

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deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid

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