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it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie

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life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death

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comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious

4

subterranean rumbling; earth tremor

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side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

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mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

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decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

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place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range

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noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

4

to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

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transition; change; progress; passing (of time)

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just one person; only one

5

to be affected; to put on airs; to pose

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one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother

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to defeat

3

to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

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seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

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martial arts; military arts; Bushido

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

1

good at fighting; usually wins a fight

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quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

3

to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance

3

in terms of; from the point of view of

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one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime

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to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

2

one and only; unique

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to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

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to make narrow

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carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately

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upper body

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right angle; perpendicular

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to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

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cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

2

(contained) within

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stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils

2

to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded

2

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

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to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)

2

unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward

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gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply

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to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

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to raise overhead

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to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

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almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time

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shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford

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submersion; inundation; being flooded

3

to get wet

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to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone

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both arms

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to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother

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