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to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop

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audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level

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knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)

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confusion; dismay; consternation; panic

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by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking

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power; might; authority; influence

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partial destruction

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temple (side of head)

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crater; pockmark

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to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured

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to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

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with a click; with a snap

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crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

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chunk; lump; thick slice; cutting into chunks

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flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle

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to stagger; to stumble

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to repair again; to join again

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you; I; me; oneself

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pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing

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to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst

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one's last moments; death throes; agony of death

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to feel despondent

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to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

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to speak; to hear a voice

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perpetual youth and longevity; immortality

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Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about

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dispersing; vanishing

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regretful; irresolute

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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Everyone is safe (all right)

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to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

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after-treatment; post-treatment; post-processing; dealing with the aftermath

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to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

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to find out; to discover; to locate

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what to do

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work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking

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to pour into (liquids); to pump into

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dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

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Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech

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to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

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inner thigh; (walking) pigeon-toed; one's toes turned inward; uchimata (judo); throwing an opponent by putting one's leg between their legs

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fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

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to cling to; to embrace

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to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

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in very small pieces

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to break into fragments; to go to pieces

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manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)

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