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fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery

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other side; opposite side; other party

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going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

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careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

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brave; heroic; gallant

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charge; rush; dash; assault; attack

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encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

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to narrow; to reduce; to contract

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killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

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positioning; getting a position; taking a position

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meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

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rapid talking

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one's way; one's path

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to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

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wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)

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battle formation; military formation

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curtain; bunting; act (in play)

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grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching

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intermittent

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to shake off; to throw off

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withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

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to push aside; to push one's way through

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feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

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chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air

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danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety

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being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly

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quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

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last ray of hope; only hope

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terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

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minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)

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to aim at

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

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with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves

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arrow; wedge; chock

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to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

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jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)

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ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)

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shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

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young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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to escape danger

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before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

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dealing with; coping with

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steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy

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to cling

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to lose money; to spend money

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to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

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to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

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wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

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loud sound; loud reverberation

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