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innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart

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word; term; language; speech

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putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating

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agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting

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original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

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to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting

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mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension

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one-by-one; separately; in detail

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simple honesty; tactless frankness

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to polish up; to shine up

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heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent

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severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

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tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

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height; elevated place

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flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

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in full bloom; in full glory; glorious; luxuriant; splendid

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extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch

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two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

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eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

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great speed; extreme speed; swiftness

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eight; 8

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the ten precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue

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(execution by) decapitation

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evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

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to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

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twelve; 12; queen

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commander; general; leader

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bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)

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vivid; striking

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horrible; cruel; atrocious

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direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

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to pieces; into shreds

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rumbling; (ringing) cadence

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virgin (usu. female); maiden; virgin (e.g. forest); unspoiled by human activity; debut; maiden (e.g. voyage)

3

made of iron

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stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump

3

striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving

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visual confirmation; sighting

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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to pass; to pass by

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this much; this amount

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to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

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still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

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absolutely; definitely; unconditionally

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wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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glare; sharp look

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first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

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curtain; curtains

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unhesitatingly

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