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protective wall

1

overseas territories; outlying areas

1

five stars (rating)

1

nervous; neural; neurogenic

1

to eat too much; to overeat

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heartburn; sour stomach

2

extremely; terrifically; super

1

to cross one's mind; to occur to one

2

to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head

1

boss; chief; manager

1

prestige; dignity

1

boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English

2

last ray of hope; only hope

1

last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

3

big match; big game; important match; important game

1

to think too much; to be over-concerned

2

metropolis; large city

2

concentric

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Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)

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baumkuchen; spit cake with cross-section resembling tree rings

1

spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret

2

omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement

3

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

1

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

1

palace

8

to compare unfavorably (unfavourably, poorly) with; to be not so good as

1

boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque

3

suspicion (of others); jealousy

2

to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

3

a moment ago; just now

1

round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)

1

to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

1

to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner

1

who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?

4

to walk down the road

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isomorphism; same shape; same type; same pattern

1

variation

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to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen

2

lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)

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to slip through; to slip past; to evade

1

scratch; scrape; abrasion

1

at parting; on parting

1

interval; step; pitch; key

1

children's song; nursery rhyme

2

to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

2

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

2

taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

1

to become grimy or dirty

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to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force

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disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing

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