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arrest; apprehension; capture

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iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus

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hostage

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synopsis; outline; plot

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not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

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now that; since; as long as; provided that

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greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge

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long trip

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relation; connection

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to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)

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shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)

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it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

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horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

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sword wound; sword cut

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to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

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plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

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miscalculation

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father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

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to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

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things at hand; personal belongings

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dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

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to be the case that

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to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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only; sole; unique

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return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

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be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

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hmm; I see; hrm

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to be

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to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

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moment; second; instant

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evidence; proof

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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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to do someone in; to bump someone off

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otherwise; or else; if not

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light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

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shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try

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to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

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furthermore; even more

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to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

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sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

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blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

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absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily

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to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

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properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly

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splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent

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nightmare; bad dream

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reality; actuality; hard fact

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to become; to amount to

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fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal

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congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

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