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bottomless ravine; abyss

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to die

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person who has escaped death; failed suicide; person who has outlived their time; dotard; doddering old man

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underworld; underside of society

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size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

2

kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation

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client

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confidentiality

1

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

2

warmonger; warmaker

1

to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do

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Chinese restaurant

2

delicious; appetizing; appetising

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tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit

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overreaction

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repeatedly; to a tremendous extent

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apology; excuse

2

best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent

4

stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes

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party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner

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secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom

2

Gatling gun

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one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)

2

some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

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rip-off; unfair overcharging; clip joint

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ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

3

handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse

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old man; venerable gentleman

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one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother

6

to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight

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guts

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cost of medical treatment; medical expenses; fees for treatment

2

paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable

1

to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge

2

approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)

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ginger ale

2

to drink someone down; to drink someone under the table

3

rubble; debris; wreckage

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Russia

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to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left

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(words to) that effect

3

to aim at

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crow (Corvus spp.); raven

2

luminous body (e.g. of a shooting star); bright metal; sliced fish with the silver skin left on (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.); 20-point card; bright

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stone bridge

5

dark; blackish

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high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)

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marine erosion

3

the top (e.g. top ten); the best

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the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)

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