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to rack one's brain

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great physical power; animal strength

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one grade; first-class; primary

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having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

1

practice; practising; experience

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in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

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bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

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whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain

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armaments; military preparations

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military drill

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to concentrate one's effort (on something)

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regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat

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government affairs

2

mechanism; organization; organisation

2

tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings

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instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability

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forcefulness of speech; influential voice

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to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

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to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

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support; backing; aid; assistance

4

disturbance; perturbation; derangement

3

defeat; lost battle; losing a war

3

peace

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ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

3

influence; clout; leverage

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exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)

3

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

6

to be quick-witted; to be tactful; to be sensible

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start; commencement; beginning; initiation

5

to intervene; to stop (something)

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to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

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news of someone's death; obituary

5

remains; corpse; (dead) body

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meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

3

flight; rout; debacle

3

bad news; news of a death; death notice

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heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed

1

feeble

3

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

3

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

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pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission

3

strategy; artifice

7

starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus

1

you could say; you might say; verging on the

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unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

1

steady; honest; sober; straightforward

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to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

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busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest

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launching out; embarking upon (a career)

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