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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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twitching

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to writhe (in agony)

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to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

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to clamber (up); to scale

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four o'clock

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left foot; left leg

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nanba walking; walking with the arm and leg on each side of the body moving in sync

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gulpingly; in one gulp

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old style; ancient rites

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urinary bladder

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urge to urinate

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ghost

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persuasion

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maximum; extreme; utmost

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a hard time; pains

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mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic

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empirical; from experience

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via; through; by doing; by means of; using

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to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

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when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

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hand luggage; hand baggage

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mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

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close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

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fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best

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not only

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alcoholism

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lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation

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to make a fist; to clench one's fist

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fame; reputation; renown

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vigorously; really getting stuck into

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insert

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to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive

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nosebleed

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in company; among people; philtrum; vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip

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ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

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to fall asleep

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farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case

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brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure

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to cling to

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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if you insist (on it)

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(giving) instruction; initiation

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meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)

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to suspect; to sense

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forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring

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humming

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to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles

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scale

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to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone

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