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high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

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inspire someone with fresh courage; with redoubled courage

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grassland; meadow

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to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)

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to choose; to select

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to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

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true to one's name; living up to one's name

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strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness

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to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

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to become possible; to become able to (do)

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Former Han dynasty (China, 206 BCE-9 CE); Western Han dynasty

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Kanshin

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Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era (221-263)

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Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)

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Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms

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Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country

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to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

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napkin; cloth

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fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)

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aboard a vehicle; in a car; on a train

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great army; mighty host; whole army

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firing in rapid succession; volley of shots

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living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity

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shaking; swaying

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two; (arch.) samurai

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Deva king; fierce guardian god (at a temple gate)

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to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

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to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)

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flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)

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thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

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iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable

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to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear

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chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

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definite; final; decisive; conclusive

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waiting; expectation; standby image (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper

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war situation; progress of a battle

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to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

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eight faces; all sides

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hard fight

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delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner

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all-out attack; general offensive

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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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appearing all together

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to glare at each other; to confront each other

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to neigh

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life and death

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ingenuity; resourcefulness

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