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threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

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curtain; bunting; act (in play)

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senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

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bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely

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this and that; this or that; one thing after another

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superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart

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to be filled to bursting; to burst

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hole; hollow; pothole (road, pavement, etc.)

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proper; appropriate; due; suitable

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unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking

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being forced to commit seppuku; to be forced to bear responsibility and resign from one's position

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to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

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what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...

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leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

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general staff headquarters

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one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

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house; one's house; one's home; one's family

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duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

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deadlock; stalemate

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the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)

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trivial; slight

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lending and borrowing

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cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)

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please ...

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secret

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roguish; impish

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being postponed; being shelved; being put on hold; putting in storage; thing put in storage

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to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

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argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

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to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

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affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble

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to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

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document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)

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full acceptance of workers' pay demands

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to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

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to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

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our country; our land; one's own country

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possession; retention; maintenance

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to become possible; to become able to (do)

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space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings

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to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage

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silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank

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to obtain; to procure

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enemy camp; enemy line

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to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

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(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious

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damned; cursed; accursed

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at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

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precedent

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interruption (e.g. of a conversation)

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