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to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

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miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

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air chair; wall sit; exercise mimicking sitting in a chair; chain of people sitting on each other's laps

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(not) one

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desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire

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posture; stance

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to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

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surreal; surrealism; shul; schul

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notice; attention; observation

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war; battle; match; game; competition

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continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring

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at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong

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to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken

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to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

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nature; disposition

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to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs

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high achiever; student with good academic results

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

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formation; combination

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special promotion (in rank or grade)

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racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)

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to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)

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hero; manly person; warrior

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the lower classes; the common people

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copybook; model; pattern

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quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off

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be; is

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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to tighten; to press hard

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meow; miaow

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only; merely; just; at most; no more than

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one animal (small)

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greatly; really

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one's way; one's path

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to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

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rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

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will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

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small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

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foreign matter; impurities

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affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

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plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

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to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

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to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers

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kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

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new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

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complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

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sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

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original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

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"minor snow" solar term (approx. November 22)

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work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

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