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to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

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desperately; recklessly; rush headlong

1

destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe

1

scattering (in all directions)

1

red light

1

Imperial bodyguard

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Liaodong Peninsula (China)

1

ocean; large sea; fabric pattern

1

mountains

2

at large; fugitive

1

to soften; to moderate; to relieve

1

document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)

1

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

1

to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

1

surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia

1

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

1

hegemony

1

in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan

1

townspeople

1

citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

2

unmarried person; bachelor; spinster

1

attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

1

to exchange words

1

prize money; monetary award; reward

1

to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead

1

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

1

attack; drive; advance; invasion

1

gravedigger

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well digging; well digger

1

feces and urine; excreta; human waste

1

dipping up (night soil); scooping up

1

initial stages; first stage; early period; pioneer days; beginning; outset

1

pressure of business; busy

1

confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)

1

manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party

1

artistic accomplishments

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manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour

1

Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung

3

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

3

merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

2

progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

1

chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses

1

performance; playing on stringed instruments

1

from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

2

to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break

1

to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish

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tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

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criticism; critique; review; commentary

3

behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

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