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to spread; to be propagated

3

intervention

5

student days

1

tennis

13

pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of

1

too much; excessive; too

3

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

3

study; pursuit of knowledge

1

standing abreast

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

harm; injury; evil (influence)

1

to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

2

prostitution

1

to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await

1

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

3

daytime; during the day; Japan and China

4

noon; midday

4

sandy beach

1

heat-resisting

1

disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure

2

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

to rise; to erect; to get up

1

there's but a fine line between genius and insanity

1

army corps; corps

2

prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

11

nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color

1

swimming

9

the Gulf Stream

1

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

3

old system; old order

1

lodging together; training camp; boarding house

8

oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

9

armor; armour

1

to swim

78

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

1

warrior; samurai

3

training; drill; practice; practising; discipline

1

treading water

1

water's surface

3

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

4

underwater

2

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

1

jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced

1

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

2

overall finish; mop-up

1

long-distance swimming

4

coast; beach

2

to outrun; to run through to the end

1

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

4