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notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

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good performance; good work; great success

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living thing; living creature; animal; life

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bravery; heroism; gallantry

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loud voice

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cowardly; timid; easily frightened

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foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage

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to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect

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sanity; consciousness; soberness

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to recall; to remember

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Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)

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self; oneself

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phantom; vision; illusion

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swelling; enlargement

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satisfactory; decent

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true; real; genuine; proper; utter

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false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended

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nationalism; patriotism

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to make good use of; to use to one's advantage

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before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

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top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

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Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral

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the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")

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living idly

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chamber (in equipment, e.g. expansion chamber, combustion chamber, etc.); chamber; room

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filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging

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individual; separate; personal; case-by-case

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to squash; to crush; to flatten

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somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion

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fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune

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the second time

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lively group (usu. young people); dynamic bunch; group (art)

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giant-killing; defeating a much stronger opponent

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small; compact

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target

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stock; ski pole

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to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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shock; impact; crash

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fumes from an explosion

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to narrow; to reduce; to contract

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west

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ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience

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criticism (by a teacher or coach, with commentary, especially at a poetry reading); review; critique

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to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others

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small army force

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to go home; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to leave; (arch.) to pass (of time); (arch.) to die; (arch.) to go bad

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lawless people; gang; malcontents; recalcitrants

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