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shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

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to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped

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easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over

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100; hundred

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fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

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to fall onto; to happen; to befall

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to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

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after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

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useless resistance; vain struggle

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to surround; to crowd around

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a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section

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to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry

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widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally

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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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world-destroying conflagration

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mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

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grief; lamentation

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judgment; judgement; decision; verdict

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prayer; supplication

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to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

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conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence

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explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid

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strong; intense; severe

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solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately

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storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

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rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent

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explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring

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to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

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vivid; striking

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final form

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wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

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soot

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simplification

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exactly as stated; verbatim

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to strike dead; to beat to death

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huge; gigantic; enormous

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

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to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

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father

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scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

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equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

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to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing

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artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic

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composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

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armoring; armouring; armor; armour

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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one may well say so, but ...; even more than

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worthy of special mention

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about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

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