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Hōō Maru (Western-style Japanese frigate, launched in 1853)

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patent pending

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rapids

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heave-ho!; heave!

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

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coast; beach

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(courteous) invitation; call

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to emboss; to carve in relief; to finish carving of engraving

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scariest; most frightening

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water and sky; Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west)

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(small) mallet; gavel

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cross fire

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garden watchman; garden keeper; guard of the inner garden

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pale fiery light seen in the fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp

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soul; spirit

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absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)

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fever (state of excitement)

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

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slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined

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to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

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dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)

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to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend

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wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue

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cloud; crowd

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without thinking of the consequences

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black magic; black art; witchcraft; sorcery

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now that it's come to this; since it's come to this

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swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy

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great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy

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after having come this far; now that we've come this far

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as before; as ever; as it was originally

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completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success

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scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling

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to defeat

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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.)

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evident; plain; distinct; clear

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blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

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squadron

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great cause; moral law; justice

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hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer

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looking away; looking aside

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in that way; like that; that way

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simultaneous; all at once

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novel; original; new; innovative

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fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

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to kill one's enemy (opponent)

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way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

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sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

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fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way

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