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(artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp

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finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing

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hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

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action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

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violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

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to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

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to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

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as everyone knows; needless to point out

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starting point; starting line

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simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

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odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

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on bad terms; at loggerheads

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and yet; though; when; in spite of

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always; all the time; never; usual; regular

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bluegill

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together (with); at the same time; in a lump

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normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

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to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

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now; the present time; just now; another; more

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to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

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blotched snakehead (Channa maculata); northern snakehead (Channa argus)

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catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake

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pull; patronage; tug; discount

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

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hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

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(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

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towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

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amorous feelings; feeling of being in love

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the West; the Occident; Western countries

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earthquake

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to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

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few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

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not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

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aggression; invasion; raid

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beginning of spring

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couple

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relatively; comparatively

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figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

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for use as food; edible

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import; importation; introduction; afferent

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because; as; since

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eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

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slithering; wriggling

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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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