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taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment

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surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

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liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

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simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty

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thought; consideration; thinking

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fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

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relief; peace of mind

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is that so? (generally rhetorical)

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

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stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

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blunder; slip; error; error

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staff; staff officer

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department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category

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somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

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minute adjustment; fine tuning

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rustic; rude; vulgar; rough

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foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead

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rule of thumb

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intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

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to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

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plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode

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point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site

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astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful

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merry; joyful; gleeful

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to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

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in this case

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stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

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to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

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disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

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to fight; to exchange blows

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Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

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samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight

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similar to; like

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directly opposite; right in front

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official name; formal name

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to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

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feudalism

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revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

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glare; sharp look

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to bring out (the effect of); to put to good use; to make use of (e.g. threats); to use (tact, wit, etc.); to exercise; to display

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feudal lord

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population of a fief

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firearms; missile; projectile weapon

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to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor

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axe; ax; hatchet

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spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

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gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight

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