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eleven o'clock

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three times

2

to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

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to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort

2

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

2

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

3

within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland

2

Miyagi (prefecture)

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hermit; wizard; wizardry

1

marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)

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(metal) mine

2

news; word; tidings; omen

2

war funds; war expenditures

1

(command) headquarters

12

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

2

gold mine

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mining

1

dozens; scores of; decades

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to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

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rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)

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to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

1

eight o'clock

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one large ...; a great ...

3

suicide corps

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life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death

2

symbolic

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white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

4

cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.

3

enemy army

2

increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

1

gudgeon (any fish of genus Gnathopogon or related genera); willow gudgeon (Gnathopogon caerulescens); longtooth grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus bruneus)

1

dying; laying down one's life; one out

1

monarchy; monarch and nation

1

to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr

1

stirring; rousing oneself

1

erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)

2

ignition; lighting; firing; setting off

1

condition; situation; prospects

1

(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

1

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

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3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

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the whole line; all lines; the whole ship

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setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage

1

successively; one after another

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to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

2

like; as if; the same as

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fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight

1

I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

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unknown; unidentified

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