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opening of hostilities

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standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

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Doi Sanehira

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one's troops

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three sides; small offering stand

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offensive (movement); aggression

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discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance

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massive failure; debacle; fiasco

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roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)

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impossible

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putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

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to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

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before now; hitherto

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to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious

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erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)

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how many; how old

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ha ha ha (laughter)

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wave; ups and downs

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to amuse oneself; to make merry

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full moon; 15th day of the lunar month

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to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about

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handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate

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coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe

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tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge

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rumbling stomach; noise from gas moving inside the digestive tract; borborygmus; rugitus

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suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

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port of call

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anchorage; anchoring; mooring

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urgency; emergency

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certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

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(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

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running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom

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indecent; indelicate

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Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)

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toilet

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one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold

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prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

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rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)

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(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang

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metallic sound; metallic clank

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megaphone

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electric gramophone

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explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring

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just now; a moment ago; this very minute

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a step; short distance; short time

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to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

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to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

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to turn a somersault

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to roll about; to writhe about

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to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

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