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reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation

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crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm

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battle formation; disposition of troops

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preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

3

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

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store; shop; establishment; restaurant

8

to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

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(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

2

putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

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to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over

1

both feet; both legs

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to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job

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Mizunuma

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Naha (city in Okinawa)

2

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

4

fragment; one of the group or party

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backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

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party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)

4

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

3

array; muster; line-up; full force

1

right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher

1

puzzle ring; wire puzzle; exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go

3

to anger; to displease; to offend; to square (one's shoulders); to make stern (e.g. eyes); to raise (one's voice) in anger

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some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

3

to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else

2

eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses

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quick work; (clever) feat

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altogether; entirely

4

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

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to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

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to settle (a problem)

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absolute basics; very rudiments

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tricky

2

sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them

1

to pretend; to feign

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funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

1

to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept

1

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

5

decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)

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each; respectively

2

strongest ever; most powerful in history

5

large furoshiki; big talk; vain boasting or bluster; blowing one's own trumpet

1

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

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trivial; not amounting to much

2

easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk

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to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

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to go to; to proceed to; to leave for

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shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)

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let's; let's do

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