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to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone

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reinforcement

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the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

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black ball; black, round sigil; pupil; black candy

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to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

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

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black smoke

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spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion

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smokescreen

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fog; mist; spray

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last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity

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to be jumbled together

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confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match

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to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

4

two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives

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melee

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pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

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attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

2

at least; at most; (even) just

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friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides

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after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

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drama; play; powerful drug

5

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive

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naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell

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precious; valuable

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a few moments

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waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

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lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe

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snow-bearing wind; wind bringing snow

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something (or other)

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done; just done; just finished

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common camellia (Camellia japonica)

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Wiel

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good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

4

to bind; to fasten; to tie up

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left eye

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hakama; man's formal divided skirt

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clothing; garment; dress

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fencer; swordsman

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eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original

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mixed race; mixed parentage

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intruder; trespasser

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entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

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you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)

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I can tell you; heh

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indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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clear and concise

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reverence; veneration

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no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable

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