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to ascertain; to check; to make sure

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kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

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knowing only too well; being fully aware of

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to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

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(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

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touchstone; Lydian stone; touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test

1

in accordance with; according to

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contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

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to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

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to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please

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being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

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betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

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to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

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that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

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unification of the whole country

2

being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability

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peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky

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daimyo in the Warring States period

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midway; halfway through; in the course of

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this world; this life; this generation; present day

1

noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.

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(political) power; authority; influence

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dispute; resistance

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continuation; succession; series

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common; usual

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

3

to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison

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assassination

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siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

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heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family

1

bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic

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to wound; to murder

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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just like

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childhood; infancy

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for this reason

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to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

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firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn

1

side; flank

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elder sister

4

strong opposition

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you (plural)

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thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

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(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known

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to declare impressively

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sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

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what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

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cockroach

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kitten; small cat

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