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quitting while one is ahead

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to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

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ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; dance steps inspired by this ceremony

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favoritism; favouritism; discrimination

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arc

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Monday

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treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection

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manyfold

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going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state

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(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling

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territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)

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minimum; minuscule; local minimum

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territory

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nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)

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to consume

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happy-go-lucky

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shyness; bashfulness; shame

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streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)

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womb; uterus

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Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano

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saddle

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portion for two people

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with a bump; with a clunk

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to become fraught with emotion

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harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic

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bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me

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(the) best of one's life; lifetime ...

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clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships

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labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions

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to gather strength; to take heart

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linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction

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as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably

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fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls

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palace; hall; shrine; hall of fame

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(points of) difference

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childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)

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enemy general

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humans and animals; humans and beasts; beast in human form

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shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph

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inferiority; low grade

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to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

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follow the person to your right (command to form a line); following someone's example; imitating someone; following suit

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to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

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ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

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dull; uninteresting; boring; drab

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beautiful eyebrows

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one's own army; one's own team

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insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

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back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin

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to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth

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