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contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

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something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

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

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maintenance; preservation; improvement

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the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

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bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique

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cooperation; coordination; link

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attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

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to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

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simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item

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to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

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while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

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thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

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specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

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putting into operation; invocation

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head of a sleeping person

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stroke (swimming); arm stroke; adds strength or emphasis to verbs

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red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion

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explosive; blasting powder

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legendary beast; magical beast

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acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning

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showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

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dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

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to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

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completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot

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power; might; authority; influence

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(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning

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to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

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in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

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to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

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gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse

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to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

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one breath; chug!; drink!

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all right; very well; okay; I got it

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shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")

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wavelength

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perfect; complete; flawless

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pounding mochi

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among the mountains

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how many times?

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success; hit

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severe; strict; tough; hard

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once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

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(not) even once; (not) ever

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this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about

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forty; 40

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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

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(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate

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cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

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high tension (as in electronics, etc.); excited; enthusiastic

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