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to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor

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(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

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enemy army

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one's own army; one's own team

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mighty; powerful

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(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

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anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

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cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless

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to engrave in one's heart; (lit.) to inscribe on one's liver

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what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone

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to breathe out; to exhale

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to appease; to suppress; to calm

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past tense

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to bear fruit

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to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken

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to pretend; to feign

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calamity; misfortune; disaster

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of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

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to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

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to entrap a person

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on the board (shogi, go, etc.)

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piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

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like; as if; the same as

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extremely

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to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

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to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of

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to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

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losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown

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drama; play; powerful drug

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political life

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to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

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to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)

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authority; power; influence

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to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

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to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)

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(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

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several tens

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political situation

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a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

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to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

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hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

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to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

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collar; lapels

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anger; wrath

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to be perturbed; to be agitated

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to stare back at; to look back at

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look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

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one's eyes; (pair of) eyes

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and then; and so; and; so then

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it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than

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