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ricochet

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and yet; though; when; in spite of

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to push (someone) around; to shove around; to treat roughly; to bully

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Leba

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going straight on; going straight ahead

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Nara (city, prefecture)

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to obstruct one's way

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rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail

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spray can; aerosol can

4

randoseru; firm-sided leather (or synthetic leather) backpack used by elementary school children

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cosplay (dressing up as a character from an anime, manga, video game, etc.)

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neither

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poison gas

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to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes

1

magician; illusionist

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lake surface

5

the work of officials

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to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile

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patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering

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mixed (e.g. team, chorus)

2

degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion

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to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)

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to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

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according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of

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to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

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

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soy milk

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okara; soy pulp; tofu dregs; edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu

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shibori; tie-dye; aperture; aperture stop; contraction; squeezing

3

body

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bridge (road, railway, ship, etc.); (contact) bridge; Seven Bridge (Japanese rummy game); bridge; bridge (of a pair of glasses); bridge (in wrestling); bridge (circuit)

3

Zilla

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impudent; shameless; brazen; cheeky; presumptuous

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shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly

2

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

1

summit meeting; top-level conference

2

to understand each other

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Manchu-Han Imperial Feast; three-day feast of Chinese delicacies held during the Qing dynasty

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dry-cured ham

2

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

1

sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)

2

saltiness

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black pepper (Piper nigrum)

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lemon juice (ingredient)

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half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer

1

regular octahedron

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patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering

1

to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

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manners; behavior; behaviour

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of all things

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