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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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to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)

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quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift

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declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

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expectation; assume will happen; forecast

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to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

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grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

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restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

2

companion; company

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to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

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lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy

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to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil

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to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with

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job; work; duties; trade; skill

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to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)

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and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

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roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

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to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

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gradually

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to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb

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threat; intimidation; menace

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to take by surprise

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to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver

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to drift; to blow together; to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up

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moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time

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klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly

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to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

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nose

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to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up

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tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

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chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

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to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

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to tower over the surroundings

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to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

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to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

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to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up

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nightmare; bad dream

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reflexive; reflecting

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to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

2

one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)

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at; in; on

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saliva; spit; sputum

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to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)

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to drag out

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high fever; pyro-

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-ish; -like

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to torment; to torture; to harass

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to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare

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unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

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sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

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