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merits and demerits; good points and bad points; strengths and weaknesses

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unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)

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double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife); double-edged blade

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lying low (and awaiting one's chance); biding one's time; submitting at first (to then strike later)

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censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification

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trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism

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to be too short

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forbidden area; no-go zone

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shod feet; wearing shoes; muddy feet; dirty feet

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copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy

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reason

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(imperial) edict

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to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself

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to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself

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high and low; rise and fall

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at the same time in different places

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to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel

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wavelength

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to comb back; to stroke upward; to smooth up

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expert(ise); skill; dexterity

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to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)

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divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual

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several times (as large, over)

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black lustre; black luster

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to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

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to make an appeal (to the public); to rally (people) to one's cause; to call to action; to spur on; to fire (someone) up; to rally (troops, employees, etc.)

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character; personality

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adjournment

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Shinji

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on the snow

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sign language

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parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)

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being drawn to many things; distraction; difficulty of choice; difficulty in choosing; being unable to decide

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(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

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one's natural voice; one's normal speaking voice; chest voice; modal voice

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climax; uprush; bulge

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tune; tone; intonation; melody; rhythm; harmony

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blunder; miss; slip; oversight

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groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

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base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

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coating of snow; blanket of snow

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tailspin; spin; drilling; boring

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to run through; to run past

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casting; founding; minting

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tacit understanding; unspoken agreement

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to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get

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snow-laden clouds

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(written) work; book; (written) by; clearness; obviousness

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landslide; landslip

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to return

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