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the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

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when it becomes; when it comes to

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disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!

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extremely; very; really; super; so

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scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

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cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon; positive and negative (magnetic poles, electric terminals, etc.); cathode and anode

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

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one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

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to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to

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to escape

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several steps

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to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

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jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

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rugby ball

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just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...

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to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

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to do someone in; to bump someone off

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as expected; as predicted

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offender; criminal; culprit

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intimate; close

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one's star; one's fortune or destiny

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your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

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(overnight) stay; lodging

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real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)

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to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps

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mere; only; just; slight

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strongest ever; most powerful in history

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therefore; consequently

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deep regret; great disappointment

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star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot

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reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

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to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

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excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much

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foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction

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collaboration; collab

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comment

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to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

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armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

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to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

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something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

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to push someone (towards); to encourage someone

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dive (e.g. into water); diving; dive (of an aircraft)

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brute; savage; fiend

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right in the middle (of); midst; height

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leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; weed; cannabis

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mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)

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to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

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