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Ichibunibu

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a place or opportunity to make a display of

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to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet

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to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

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to kick out (e.g. someone from a house)

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elasticity

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kinesiology tape; elastic therapeutic tape

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coil spring

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internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)

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expansion; extension; elongation; stretching

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desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable

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hammer

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pace; rate; pitch (i.e. angle, space, field, sound, etc.); pitch (from distilling petroleum, tar, etc.); pitch (football, rugby); playing field

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running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)

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axial

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crouch start (in a sprint)

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something that leaps or thrusts out

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sprinter

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to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally

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speed per second; velocity per second; instant; moment; a few seconds

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sliding

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braking (mechanism)

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acute angle

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small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act

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upset victory; come-from-behind victory

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making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught

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form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode

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adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese

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long (time that has passed); old (story)

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box-shaped heavy armour, esp. used on horseback; ō-yoroi

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extra-long sword

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heyday; golden age

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fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

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paper balloon

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both armies; both teams; both sides

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exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte

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standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move

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to shoot or fire off an arrow

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rank; line

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inexperienced

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cultural

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commanding officer

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raising and lowering; loading and unloading

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perfectly ordered; perfectly coordinated

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source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring

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secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick

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paradoxical

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regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly

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raising and lowering; praising and blaming; modulation

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to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

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