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to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

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armor; armour

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to make an appearance; to show up

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one; same (mind, path, etc.)

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cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet

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geometric pattern

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tattoo (esp. one in a style other than traditional Japanese)

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to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

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corpse; dead person

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funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

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to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient

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to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

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showing one's face in public; facing another person

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(death from) starvation; starving to death

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sensation; feeling

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script; libretto; scenario

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riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit

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transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation

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be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

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to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in

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true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses

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spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood

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full of; brimming with

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suffix appended to someone else's family members

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to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard

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intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)

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to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover

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standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

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glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off

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such; this sort of; like this

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mike; mic; microphone

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certainly; surely

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Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)

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lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk

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life; living; I; me; student

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gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons

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material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

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to attack and scatter; to argue vehemently

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long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down

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blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing

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naming; christening

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Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon

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to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

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alphabet

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sword blade; knife blade

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fault; defect; minor; 5-point card; short

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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

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literary

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