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both sides of a ship

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abstinence from salt (for vow or spiritual reasons)

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losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose

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more generously for the lower-paid

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fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe); weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man

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nature; character; disposition

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predicting the weather from the wind direction, shape of clouds, etc.

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big bend (esp. in a road)

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privy seal; imperial seal

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better than none at all; better than nothing

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Sento

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Morito

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irrigation

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right side

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deciding or acting on one's own

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official seal

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tomcat; male cat

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monopoly goods

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to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked

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on-the-spot (report); eyewitness (report)

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military victory

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cashier's counter

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fish sauce made of salted and fermented sardines, mackerel, or squid; a specialty of the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture

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convexity

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report to the throne

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seafood cooked in a way that preserves its original shape

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imperial appointment

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leather strap; thong; leash

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camp stool; folding stool

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serum; (cosmetic) lotion

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to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

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final program (programme, plan)

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Gentei

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observation post

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one by one; one after another

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to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart

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not long has passed since ...

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following blindly; following suit without reflection

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(arch.) seal; (arch.) stamp; depressing the string of a zither with one's left hand; (in archery) left hand; obstinacy; stubbornness

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necessary

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operations (a strategy) on two fronts; two-pronged strategy

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scoring the first point; winning the first game; lucky day in the morning, but not in the afternoon

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acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

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to raise (hoist) a flag; to raise an army; to start a new business

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careful consideration; thought

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ordinary person; untitled individual

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dyeing; printing; blue and white ceramics (china, porcelain)

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Saichou; Saichou (founder of the Tendai sect) (767-822)

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together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

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(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

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