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in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

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contagion; infection

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lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly

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robber; plunderer

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leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure

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usual; unchanging; eternal; same as always

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affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

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dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually

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to flutter (e.g. a flag)

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shape; form

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solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park

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magic square

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to take the form (of); to assume a shape

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boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque

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(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

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gin; jin

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survival; survivor; relic

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to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

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companion; company; tritagonist

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with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

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poker face

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secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang

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first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)

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majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

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unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible

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to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense

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to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble

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what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

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clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

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right eye

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borrowing; debt; loan

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to fly away; to flee away; to scatter

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to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

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military forces; hosts; troops

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perfectly ordered; perfectly coordinated

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to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset

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depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)

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guess; speculation; supposition

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

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dazzling (beauty)

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arch; home run

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to knit (one's eyebrows)

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how many months?; how long?

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to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

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to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

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dictator; despot

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to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

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parliamentary system

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to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

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