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sacred beast

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kanji; Chinese character

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form; shape; figure

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calamity; disaster; misfortune

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to deify

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to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)

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breakthrough; great discovery

2

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

5

to gain fame; to make one's name

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greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

2

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

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to distract

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cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)

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wise person; sage

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good person; virtuous person

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grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing

2

mosquito

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bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine

2

ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head

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human body

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worthy of; worth doing; worth having

1

corolla (of flower); garland; wreath

3

cherry tree

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full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom

1

order; item (of a budget revision, etc.); counter for go pieces; counter for surrounded positions (in go)

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flowers; beautiful; spectacular

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to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

3

field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers

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age of a tree

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function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers

2

comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable

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to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on

1

Christmas

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illumination; decorative lighting

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to shine; to glitter

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recommendation; endorsement

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blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

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revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)

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to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

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the seven prismatic colors (colours)

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fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic

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soft voice

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for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

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large-scale

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warning; advice

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last resort

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