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dark brown; colour of tanned skin

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seventeen; 17

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huge; gigantic; enormous

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praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)

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base of the throat; bottom of the neck

2

to aim at

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to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

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metallic sound; metallic clank

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to be perturbed; to be agitated

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backstep (dancing, sports); set-back (motorcycle) footrests

4

pious; devout

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servant; manservant; menial

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to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off

3

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

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lightning strike; torpedo attack

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charred; burnt black; scorched black

1

(rock) crystal; high purity quartz

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acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason

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organ

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unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

1

living thing; living creature; animal; life

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for convenience; as a matter of convenience

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carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

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strict; close; precise; scrupulous

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definition

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spider

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centipede

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insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness

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to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess

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strictly speaking

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feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers

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iron pot; kettle

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material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber

1

good-quality; superior in quality

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what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

1

iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast

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silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money

1

orichalcum

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to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)

3

feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun

1

to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to

1

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

1

demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment

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(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup; hane (move)

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storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting

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there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

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trap

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pitfall; trap; pit

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hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

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state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances

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