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east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!

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to raise one's voice; to shout

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vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

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to state; to express; to mention

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we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

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Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

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(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)

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we

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to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by

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quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

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to become (formal)

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to improve one's skill

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to polish one's skills

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first; new

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unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time

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light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms

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shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

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counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.

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saddle

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handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse

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back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

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four-legged tray for festive food

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to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

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paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella

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

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to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

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to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate

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clink; clatter; clang

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to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

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to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

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shaking violently

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to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

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stability; steadiness; equilibrium

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Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific volcanic belt)

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showman who trains performing monkeys

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)

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dragonfly; damselfly

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to get a laugh

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traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back

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samurai costume; old ceremonial costume; top and bottom; up and down; high and low

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folding fan

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butterfly

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splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

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to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about

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to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

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magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain

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