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five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd

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pose (in kabuki); posture

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dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding

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personal criticism; character sketch

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(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present

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to become brilliant; to become cheerful

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careless remark; incriminating remark; unfortunate statement; slip of the tongue

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to be remembered; to go down in history

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to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under

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today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon

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judge; judiciary; administration of justice; judicial authorities

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resignation; acceptance; consolation

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surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in

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taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness

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swing; trapeze

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assumed innocence; feigned ignorance

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might as well; sure, why not; why not use this occasion to ...

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match fixing; put-up job; fixed game

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(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

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economical; economy size; family size (esp. of packaged food)

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impossible dream

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early childhood

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great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

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box; box-shape; cube-type

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bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

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another's parent; another's parents

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atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty

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entrance hall

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tree (e.g. Christmas); tree structure; tree diagram

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to check; to stop; to keep back

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ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat

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to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow

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taking heart; being in high spirits

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foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea

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gliding (through the air)

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swelling; boil

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very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

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something or other; one thing or another; this or that

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to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

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careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous

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separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction

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overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out

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being in one's room (office, etc.)

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200; two hundred

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kokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette

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oracle; revelation; divine message

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the Japanese syllabary

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aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser

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(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ

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to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations

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