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(arch.) word; waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka)

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ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)

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hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

5

array; muster; line-up; full force

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500; five hundred; many

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to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

4

to behead; to decapitate

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inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls

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to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

2

in terms of; from the point of view of

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to boil; to seethe

2

imprisonment; incarceration

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curtain; bunting; act (in play)

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looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia

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a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)

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to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything

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some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

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ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

4

longevity; long life

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moment to quit; way to quit

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coexistence

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combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination

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unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice

4

violence; force

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to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to

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barbarian tribe; savage tribe

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to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick

2

to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

4

cultural sphere

2

to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit

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malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality

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to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood

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to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

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politician (esp. one who works only for their own personal gain)

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meaning; significance

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decision; agreement

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piled up high; in a heap

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to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal

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to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)

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central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses

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to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow

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to name; to call; to christen; to term

3

bituminous coal

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iron ball

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fuse

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ignition; catching fire; setting on fire

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power; might; authority; influence

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thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder

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in all directions

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