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legendary; fabled; fabulous

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the same as this

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system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

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meaning; significance

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harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict

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punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding

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rest omitted; and so on

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spanking (usu. erotic)

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quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion

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taste; liking; preference

4

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

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to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel

1

suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort

6

strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)

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faint smile

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determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will

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punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding

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legal

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high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)

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court (of law); courtroom

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big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)

1

poor; lame; ill-prepared

1

the prosecution; prosecution side

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to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken

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fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention

1

to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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historical play; period drama

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progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

1

historical novel

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daimyo in the Warring States period

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competing in earnest (esp. in sumo)

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and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

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historical fact

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great swordsman; master fencer

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celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

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Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605

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master; expert

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feature

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to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

3

one's impressions after reading a book

2

(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings

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to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

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great person; eminent figure

2

something; something or other; something something

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interests and preferences

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libido

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the same opinion

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length

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