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the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass

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(on the) bridge

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structure; building

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twosome; duo; pair

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dozens; scores of; decades

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standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to

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to swarm; to gather

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to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

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three sides; small offering stand

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sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness

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kick

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(body) weight

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sword blade

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the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

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chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory

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to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

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to attract attention

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abrupt; sudden

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to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter

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slash; slashing attack

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invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)

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stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice

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one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)

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to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

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to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

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one; one

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proclamation; official notice; touch; contact

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to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

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regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

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shin; shank; lower leg

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ankle

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to sit up

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return; reversion; comeback; carriage return

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crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe

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mysterious person

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break in time; interruption; pause

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stepwise; one step at a time

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(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed

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curvature

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or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said

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Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

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elbow

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to drop; to let fall; to omit

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to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

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elbow strike (karate)

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to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

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advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

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these guys; these fellows

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ability; capacity; capability; physical strength

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strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature

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