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breakfast

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shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi

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mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice

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castella (type of sponge cake)

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banana

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orange juice

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sports drink

2

heartburn; sour stomach

1

sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary

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item; event

3

freestyle (e.g. swimming event)

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to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful

1

blunder; miss; slip; oversight

1

talk; chat

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desperation; despair; self-abandonment

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to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of

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(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing

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Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)

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to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after

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lateness; tardiness; arriving late

1

with a gulp

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equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival

2

nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country

1

diversionary tactics (maneuvering); disguise; hide by camouflage

1

rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up

2

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent

1

acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair

1

locker room; changing room; dressing room

1

bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers

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warm-up exercises

2

careful; elaborate; scrupulous

1

start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point

1

to shine; to glow

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foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures

1

one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress

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desperation; struggle to the death

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bend forward

1

combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim

1

gallery; corridor; art gallery; upper gallery (in a theatre); spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)

1

set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one

1

bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)

2

going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

1

period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

1

dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning

1

to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus

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to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

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to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny

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to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove

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pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself

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