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blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration

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disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

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argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

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face to face; between two persons

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look like; sound like; savor of; smack of

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to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to

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process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

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from the start; from the beginning; from the outset

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reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

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internal strife; infighting; internal conflict

1

pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner

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exemplar; model; example; pattern

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fair play

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to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps

1

diagonal move (in the game of go)

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I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but

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to ignore; to overlook

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committee member

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obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

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rejection; dismissal

1

to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill

1

procedure; process; proceedings; formalities

2

temporarily; short period; once; one morning

1

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

1

thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual

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indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive

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slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear

1

long time; long interval; for quite some time

1

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

1

to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise

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to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

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training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

1

to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race

1

open seam; seam that has come apart; tear

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foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

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presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent

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to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

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hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner

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to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

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tall tower; large tower

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Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

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edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication

1

to backbite

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party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

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sphere; circle; range; category

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to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

1

certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

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plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention

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doing ... until one goes bankrupt; doing ... until one goes broke; falling short of (one's reputation); failing to live up to (one's appearance); falling through (e.g. of a plan)

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