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going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

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difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

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Kenshin

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medieval history

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assistant ...; probationary ...

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return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back; repayment

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to have a time-limit expire; to pass a deadline; to pass an expiration date

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instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

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to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

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carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

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library (usu. single-room); small library

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to enquire; to inquire; to seek information

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lending; loaning

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to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

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every time; each round

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to think too much; to be over-concerned

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place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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strategist; tactician; schemer

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Sadayuki

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plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception

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to tear; to rip

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police sergeant

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watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel

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attending physician; doctor-in-charge; attending doctor; one's doctor

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to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

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volunteer

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something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

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to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

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to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

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speaking voice; talking voice

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sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

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humming; crooning

4

what nationality

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few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient

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matter of time; question of time

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hideout; secret base of operations; safe house

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belly; abdomen; stomach

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to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

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somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why

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to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses

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to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

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(police) detective

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show; display; pretensions; pose; posture

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it's been a long time; long time no see

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indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

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wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief

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(smelling) strongly; pungently; angrily; furiously; indignantly

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