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rapids

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contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game

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flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words

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paraselene; moon dog; moondog (bright spot on either side of the Moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)

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substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

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d button; data button; button on a TV remote control for accessing programme information, weather, traffic, etc.

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low price

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attendant; companion

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ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire

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certificate

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middle-aged woman who looks very young for her age (as through "magic")

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scariest; most frightening

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newly purchased item

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Halloween

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fine weather

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hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death

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sixteen-day-old moon

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fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter

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screech; squeak; squeal

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Ure

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quarrel; dispute; argument

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easy

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summer

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this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world

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triple

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cruelty; hard-heartedness

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hot!

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digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else

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sad; melancholy

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wow

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folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats

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what?; what'd you say?

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cloud; crowd

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ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation

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black magic; black art; witchcraft; sorcery

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unscientific

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fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus

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with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)

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palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)

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to gain strength; to have energy

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swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy

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splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!

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divorce; dissolution of adoption

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well done; good job

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to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

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wow!; gee!; oh dear!

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a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute

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rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up

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inner citadel; core; center; centre

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laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig

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