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to flirt with; to dally

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when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

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to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

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antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester

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horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise

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(not) altogether; (not) wholly

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character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character

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preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward

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lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap

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counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)

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(on) one's own; (by) oneself

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unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)

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rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises

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(divine) punishment; curse; retribution

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summer solstice

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tax; duty

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if you think about it; come to think of it

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in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically

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to come to an end; to lower the curtain

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offense; offence; method of attack

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(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain

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false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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tool; implement; instrument; equipment

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container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in

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wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)

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busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

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immorality; iniquity; impropriety

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injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid

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reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

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saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

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swoon; faint

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grey (gray)

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deserter

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to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

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(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

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another thing; exception; special case

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messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things

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whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

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top floor

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changing for the better

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distribution; allotment

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hand-to-hand combat

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flight; rout; debacle

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to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

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to rally; to make a comeback

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one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

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to make sense

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degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size

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in the end; at the end of the day

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