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to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

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September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

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summer vacation; summer holiday

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to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

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to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

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dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

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evening; dusk; twilight

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to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

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to escape; to run away

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to chase; to run after; to pursue

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violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely

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cackling (sound of shrill laughter)

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noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing

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to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

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brat; kid; urchin; little devil

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sword fight; sword play

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playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

2

don't you think?; indicates question

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tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

2

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

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three people

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boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

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to chase around

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counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

3

to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

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timid; fainthearted

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role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

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to lose one's footing; to slip

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to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

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to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

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worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid

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embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

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inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip

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alone; by oneself; on one's own

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to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

2

a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible

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lame; uncool; tacky

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yikes; oops; eep; wow

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nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

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return; coming back

3

to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

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to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

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to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

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to lend a hand; to help

3

furthermore; even more

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concern; interest

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disregarding; ignoring

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speed; velocity; pace; velocity

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to keep walking

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to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

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