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betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible

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to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best

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spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell

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to release

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steadily

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absorbing power

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adaptability; ability to apply knowledge to new situations; practical skills

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precision; accuracy

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to feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune

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to pass; to pass by

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clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

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previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

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overall finish; mop-up

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superb poem or song

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going downstream (in a boat)

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hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour

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system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type

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anime song

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singing enthusiastically

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log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun

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something like ...; something called ...

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effective; successful

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balance

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to need; to call for; to require

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to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil

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participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.); exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)

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to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)

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to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly

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flower; flowering plant

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river surface; surface of a river

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wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

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goby (fish); yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)

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fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait

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to drop; to lose; to let fall

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sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

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evening; dusk; twilight

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mouth of river; estuary

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to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

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tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus

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turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)

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comfortable; carefree

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to penetrate; to pervade; to spread

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concrete

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one by one; one after another; successively

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25; twenty five

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metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge

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width of a river

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book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

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