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rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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box of cakes

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money; funds

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

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stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

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to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

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to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

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tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

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to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

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hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

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to talk; to chat; to chatter

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you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

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to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

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to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

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two persons; two people; pair; couple

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cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

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followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

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was; were

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in comparison to; rather than

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to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

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to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

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in the same way as; just like

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sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor

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force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

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only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

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mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

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to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

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flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

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bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

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fencer; swordsman

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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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pride; boast; credit (to)

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a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably

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one's last moment; one's death; one's end

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

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to lose sight of; to miss

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oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

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to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal

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why; how

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distant relative

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to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

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mountain castle

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