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quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble

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combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination

3

ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

1

consequently; as a result

1

starting line; starting point

2

bending and stretching; flexing and extending

1

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

4

rope

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combination

2

course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy

6

in order; sequential; seriatim

1

to inform; to notify; to know; to reign

3

to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply

1

hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh

1

spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop

1

to go fast; to drive fast; to speed

1

going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner

2

balance beam (in gymnastics)

10

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

1

volleyball

6

municipal; city

1

speed (per hour)

1

shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection

2

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

2

with a whoosh; with a swish; with a whirl; whizzing by

1

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

1

centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance

2

direct hit

2

shaking violently

1

to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

1

embrace; hug; holding in one's arms

2

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

2

harmonious; intimate

1

trampoline

8

Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

1

to suspend from; to be suspended (from)

1

to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match

1

from the beginning; from scratch

2

I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason

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

1

left foot; left leg

2

lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating

1

to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war

2

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

8

time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season

2

conjunction

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act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

5

so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

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this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

21

there being no use in arguing (about it)

1