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Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore

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drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

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trauma (usu. psychological)

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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to limp

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development; growth

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nowadays; recently

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horror film; horror movie

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fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary

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skilfully; skillfully; successfully; smoothly; deliciously

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to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all

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calculating

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minimum; lowest; minimal; least

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predation; eating prey; preying upon

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bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat

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responsibility; duty; obligation

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to collapse into; to flop onto

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it's no joke; gimme a break!

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sick person; patient; invalid

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coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast

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coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy

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awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

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hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)

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klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

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karate practitioner

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ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

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to bear; to shoulder

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to kill; to choke the life out of

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indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

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unexpected; unforeseen

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to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

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scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

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feel (of a material); texture

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(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange

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plan; strategy

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offensive ability

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to run about; to rush about

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wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant

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worship; adoration; admiration; cult

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to assist; to help out

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to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

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killing and wounding; bloodshed

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sprint; dash; scampering

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divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance

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(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup

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nuclear weapon

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easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

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to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake

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stomach (esp. a pig's stomach or a cow's rumen); pork stomach

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hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously

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