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all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8)

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all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain

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good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines

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injury; harm; evil influence; damage

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to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded

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under one's eyes; below one's eyes

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hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously

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weak-headed; can't drink much; can't hold one's liquor; can't take one's drink; easily gets drunk

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I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?

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dust

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uh-oh; oops; sorry

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crowd; throng

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to be lacking in options; to be too few

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point in time; occasion

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appointment

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at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance

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the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked

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from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

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to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post

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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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somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

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mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito

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to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint

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friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

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who; what kind of person

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authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

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director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)

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to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)

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to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

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to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

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to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous

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hard struggle; strenuous effort

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second person

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pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls

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both knees

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revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)

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backflip; backward somersault

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self-protection

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to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

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spin kick

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to leap back; to jump back

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bending; warping; flexibility; pliability

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to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

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snappingly; with a snap

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to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

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large tree

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to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

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to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

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