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to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

2

robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion

1

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

1

way (of doing); manner; method; means

1

feelings of guilt

4

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

3

and then; in addition to that; also; even so

2

charm; magical tool

1

(a) few; some; several

1

beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully

1

soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself

1

there being no use in arguing (about it)

1

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

5

inhuman; heinous; atrocious

1

body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop

1

misunderstanding

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failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

1

line; queue; procession; matrix

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branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

2

to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

5

(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

2

rather than

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attack; charge; raid

2

something; some kind of; for some reason

1

rubbing one's hands together

1

to badger; to pester; to beg

1

last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

1

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

3

to sell

1

being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to

1

corner; nook

2

to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone

2

to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

2

to move around

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to become weak

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to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up

1

large army

1

diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

3

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

3

discovery; detection; finding

3

another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

5

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

2

sortie; sally; attack

1

to order; to command; to appoint

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first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

1

to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil

1

will or decree (esp. of shogun); emperor's wishes

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nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

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