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putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage

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life and death; life or death

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power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity

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to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

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to come to an end; to close the curtain

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to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend

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on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

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there; that place

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strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person

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a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a

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immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible

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start

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essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic

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(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story)

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pit; shaft

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bill (e.g. at a restaurant); check

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to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)

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old soldier; veteran; old hand

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historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular

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breakthrough; great discovery

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person with a bounty on their head

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out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope

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acquaintance

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male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)

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(written) report

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(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly

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deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)

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(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing

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endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

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to count up; to enumerate

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very great; enormous; serious

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to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend

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loitering on the way; wayside grass

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to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up

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just now

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(not) a single person; (no) one

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the past

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to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

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to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

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sharp-edged tool; sharp weapon; convenience; facility; superior talent; outstanding ability

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to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer

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to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake

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to drop; to let fall; to omit

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to tremble with fear

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step by step; by degrees

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occult; transcendental; supernaturalness; supernaturalism; supernaturality

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diverse; varied

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to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about

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to go mad

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chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air

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