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(as alike as) two peas in a pod

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quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony

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to be superior to

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eighth (place, position, etc.); having eight eyes; having many eyes; (of a fabric) having a loose knit; lamprey; eight-holed arrow whistle

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remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

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basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

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controlling; suppressing; quelling

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suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out

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corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings

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excelling; surpassing; outdoing

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try to be; want to be

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one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good

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conclusion; decision; end; settlement

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just this side of; one step short of; on the brink

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to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)

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grand; heroic; sublime; fierce

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personal combat; one-to-one fight

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bone marrow; medulla; true spirit; one's mind

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to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

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certain death

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tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

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(arch.) to match; (arch.) to equal; to catch up with; to overtake

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qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin

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bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

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perfect circle

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licking one's lips; licking one's chops

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fist

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to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

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exhaust sound; exhaust note

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the same as this

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loud; sonorous; ringing

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unfinished; unripe; unfermented narezushi; unfermented brine-pickled sushi; noh mask with slightly protruding horns and frizzy hair (representing a woman on her way to becoming a hannya)

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from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

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to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate

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to cajole; to deceive; to seduce

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to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)

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detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation

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long ago; a long time ago; already

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to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny

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glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

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life and death

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interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel

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road approaching a shrine

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to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

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retreating figure; appearance from behind

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to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

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to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone; (arch.) to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.)

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to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth

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three sides; small offering stand

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space-time

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