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(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

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friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

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to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

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know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look

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freezer

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ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury

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chikuzenni; simmered chicken and vegetables; chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.

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to point upward; to look upward; to improve

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to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

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the third

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sense of balance

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flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity

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average

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thorough; exhaustive; complete

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every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop

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unfortunately

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unfortunately; sorry, but ...

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(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

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fatal; lethal

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talent; ability

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to interlace; to fit together; to combine; to mingle

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dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky

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compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement

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(season of) winter

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marathon; long-distance race

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stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

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running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink

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designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

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pace

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goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

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feeling keenly; fully realizing

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to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen

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cover; lid; cap

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contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

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to cut corners; to be shoddy

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desperation; struggle to the death

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senior high school student

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now; nowadays

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to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion

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senior high school; high school

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our school; my school

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having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic

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relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

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nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

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feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

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to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

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impression given by a painting or image

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garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin

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laziness; lazy person

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precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

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