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to tear off; to rip off

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cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)

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sportswear; sports clothes

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tama-ire; game in which two teams throw as many balls as possible into a basket atop a high pole (usu. played at school sports festivals)

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basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

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storehouse; warehouse; godown

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to take out; to drag out

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charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

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eight o'clock

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foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

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to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body

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game; match; contest; competition; sport; (sporting) event

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to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch

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won't do (for me)

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monster

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to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die

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to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off

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serious look (on one's face); straight face

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to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues

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heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain

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home delivery (of food); outside catering

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to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

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enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it

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to comfort; to console; to amuse

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offering

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opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access

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to backfire; to have a harmful result

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to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off

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fleeing (to a distant place to avoid arrest, capture, etc.); absconding; running away; flying high; jumping high

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to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

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vulgar; lowbrow; coarse

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daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese

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manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour

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a lot; loads; plenty

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risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh

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to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead

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privacy

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to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant

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imperious; proud

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though one didn't intend (expect) to

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joint-locking technique (in judo)

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to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground

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professional wrestling move

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revenge

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professional wrestling

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technique; art; skill; move

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to grapple; to wrestle

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ground leveling; ground levelling; groundwork; laying foundations

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tissue; facial tissue

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Akutagawa Prize (literary award)

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