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true story

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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

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to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

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the last moment; the very end

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to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)

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audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level

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innermost depths of one's heart

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unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say

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something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

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to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)

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damn kids

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to drag out

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to do someone in; to bump someone off

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notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

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unluckily

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latest; newest; late-breaking (news)

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dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point

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(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag

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obedient; docile; quiet

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at once; immediately; right now

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with a start; with a jump

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body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

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unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

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to leave one's seat

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desperate; hopeless

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duty; obligation; responsibility

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to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

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to shed tears

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definite; final; decisive; conclusive

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empty; vacant; hollow

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thud; bang

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yikes; oops; eep; wow

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what on Earth is this?

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sound of an explosion

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shriek; scream

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appearance; arrival; make one's appearance

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to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

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to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

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to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

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to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort

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whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

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to fear; to be afraid of

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easy; simple; light

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consideration; thought

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to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

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slipper; slippers

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besides; in addition; also; moreover

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