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failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name

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period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

2

Buraiha (post-WWII group of dissolute Japanese writers); Decadent School

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to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself

1

quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper

1

leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)

1

acquisition; possession

1

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

1

same generation; one's generation

1

in addition

1

steel

1

to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

3

distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to

1

bare earth; ground

1

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

1

long ago; previous; of a former age

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leader of a group of juvenile delinquents

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fury; power; menace

1

to like; to love; to be fond of

3

(on the) street

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to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter

1

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

1

recklessness; daredevilry; rashness; (arch.) long-lasting

1

well; in good health; safe; free from accident

2

aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary

1

toward the end

1

to be heart-warming

1

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

1

grandiose; exaggerated

4

opening; gap; dried and opened fish

1

thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete

1

(temporary) closure of school

1

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

1

message

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disturbance; kerfuffle

2

arrangement

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disorder; chaos; confusion

3

planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up

1

setting off (on a trip); departure

1

Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)

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bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

2

wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings

2

splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)

2

glamorous

2

acute stress reaction; acute stress disorder; psychological shock; mental shock; emotional shock; emotional trauma

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

3

elucidation; explicit statement; specification

1

to lend an ear to; to listen to

5

obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse

1

bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)

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