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standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

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glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off

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such; this sort of; like this

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mike; mic; microphone

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certainly; surely

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Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)

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lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)

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life; living; I; me; student

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gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

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material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

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to attack and scatter; to argue vehemently

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long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

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blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing

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naming; christening

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Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon

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to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

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alphabet

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knife blade; sword blade

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fault; defect; minor; 5-point card

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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

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literary

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pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

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thumb; big toe

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dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)

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(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

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at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

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interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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to mow down

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to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic

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formal name

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developer

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playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness

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certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

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Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore

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war movie

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such a thing; something like that

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rather than

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to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

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to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)

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ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience

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to collide; to clash

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to cross swords with

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locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition

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physical strength; muscle strength

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to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

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to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away

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holding one's sword pointing towards the opponent's eyes (kendo stance)

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real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

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