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to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

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how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully

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to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

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way; method; means; resource; course

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means; is; as for

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gem; jewel; precious stone

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platform; home; home base; home plate

2

first match (in a series)

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to wait eagerly for; to look forward to

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all people; everybody; ten thousand people

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to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1

supporter (e.g. wrist supporter); athletic supporter; jockstrap; supporter (esp. of soccer); backer

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to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

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afternoon; p.m.

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Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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cloud

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weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather

1

crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe

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does not seem; unlikely; improbable

1

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

1

region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata

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Niigata (city, prefecture)

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to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

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Nagano (city, prefecture)

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Kōfu (city in Yamanashi)

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in the morning; during the morning

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facing; opposite; across the street; other side

1

confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

1

weak person; the weak

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decision; determination

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to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

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both; both sides; both parties

1

darkness; the dark

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(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

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god of war; (fig.) war hero

2

to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)

1

act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery

1

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

1

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

1

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

1

harbour; harbor; port

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entry into a country

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complete devotion; body and soul; one's best

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)

1

is something that; is that which

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unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied

1

warmth

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sadness; sorrow; grief

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to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

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