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work procedure; operational procedure

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in the meanwhile; during the time

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straight line

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circular arc

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quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon

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to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)

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letter by letter; character by character

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kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)

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distinction; discrimination; discernment; identification

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addition; annexation; appendage

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sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top

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to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

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standard feature; standard equipment

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positioning side-by-side; parallel arrangement; going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner

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secrecy; highly classified information

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retention; maintenance; preservation

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repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud

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outsider; someone outside of a group

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entering; going into

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to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

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ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery

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going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing

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hard fighting; close contest

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Children's Limbo; futile; unrewarding

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masonry; stonework

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source program; source code

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much the same

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providing information; provision of information; information provision

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infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact

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disassembly

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copyright infringement; copyright violation; (software, etc.) piracy

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prohibition; inhibition; ban

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ellipse; oval

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academic journal

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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; daybreak

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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; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game

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

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karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta

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

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