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to be a matter of life or death

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humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code

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to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

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to discuss; to talk together

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official announcement; proclamation

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to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)

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urgency; emergency

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general meeting

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holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

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topic of discussion; agenda

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to inform; to notify; to know; to reign

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assembly room; assembly hall; meeting room; community room

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absolute secrecy

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instinct

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attendance; presence; appearance

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to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)

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small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

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bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

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opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail

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to take one's eyes off

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(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

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breathing; respiration

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to uncork a bottle

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to resound; to echo; to reverberate

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front row

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unstopping; uncorking; uncapping; connecting (e.g. gas supply)

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order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

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mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours

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to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

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flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely

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to look upwards; to look up

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to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

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even though; despite; when

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seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

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to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

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one by one; one after another; successively

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where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

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infinite loop; closed loop

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forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding

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to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

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rostrum; platform

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to stop talking; to break off; to pause

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room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room

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to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

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for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)

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angry roar; bellow

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to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

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to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

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