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Saturn (planet)

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(water) leak

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(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)

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paint

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to leak out

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deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

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all night; throughout the night

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to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

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arc

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dawn

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to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

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to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

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(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards

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waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

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karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards

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face card; court card; picture card (in utagaruta or iroha karuta)

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Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)

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buffer

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malfunction

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hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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absolute secrecy

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in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)

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as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

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to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

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apology; excuse

1

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

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heart; guts; nerve; central part

1

to grasp tightly

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to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in

1

piling up; making a heap; laying bricks

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to hold one's breath

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to continue (going along some trend)

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answer respectively agreement or disagreement

1

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

1

way out; means to escape; escape route

1

the last moment; the very end

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irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal

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to grapple; to wrestle

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to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places

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because of this

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unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

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looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something

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extended-play (record); EP; European plan; European Parliament

4

ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation

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irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination

1

measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment

1

to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe

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to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future

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unveiling; debut; introduction

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