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to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else

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to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

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to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

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tragic but brave; heroic; grim

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premature joy; short-lived elation

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to distribute; to hand out

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jumping to a hasty conclusion; premature judgement

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to suspect

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to succeed to a house

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another family; another house

1

sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

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emigrant; immigrant

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younger brother and sister

2

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

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to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)

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in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious

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to become familiar (to one's ears)

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(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

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dress

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unexpectedly; by chance; by accident

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attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to someone's name

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dusty; dust-covered

2

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

2

practical effect; efficacy; efficiency

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sports ground; playing field; playground

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serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis

3

(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence

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to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke

2

nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than

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miscreant; scoundrel; villain

1

successfully; nicely; (yummy) food; yum-yum

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business; work; operations; service; duties

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providing information; provision of information; information provision

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spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple

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brigand; bandit

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the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly

2

beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf

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tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

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contrary to one's expectations

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landing place (for aircraft); common ground; compromise; agreement

1

to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

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going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court

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hard to do

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to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)

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misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness

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last resort

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(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

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it's easier said than done; (lit.) saying is easy; doing is hard

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communication skills; communication ability

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unreasonable demand

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