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to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely

2

daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough

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use of force

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sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

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stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance

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to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

10

squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

3

ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

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ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

2

sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

2

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

3

breathing techniques; breath control

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excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

2

to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

1

funny story; funny anecdote

1

wise; clever; smart

1

each other; one another

14

gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply

1

while; during (the time when)

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

2

composition

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potato (Solanum tuberosum)

4

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

6

chief; main; principal; important

2

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

9

handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

2

with a whoosh; quickly (moving); instantaneously

1

to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

2

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

2

courage; nerve; grit

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to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart

1

height (of body); stature

6

hard to see; obscure; indistinct; illegible

1

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

5

therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence

3

neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

3

trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance

1

philandering; itch for women

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another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

3

meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm

2

castration; enervation

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terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

3

smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation

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to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag

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to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

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out of range; outside the limits (of...); outside (a) range; outside the scope

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(sound of one's) heartbeat

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