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incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

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to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation

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soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)

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to fight; to exchange blows; to rally

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to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely

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warding off evil; protecting against misfortune

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striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.; purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck)

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god of fire (in Japanese mythology, usu. Kagutsuchi no Kami)

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to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield

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pinch (of something); one piece; easy victory

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connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

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independent action; acting alone

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leaving everything to someone else

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to visit frequently; to haunt

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tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

1

quartz; glass

1

reprocessing

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to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle

1

with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

1

generously; liberally; magnanimously

1

congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder

4

to twist hard (e.g. arm, screw)

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to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation

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art of self-defense (defence)

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to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

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hoodlum; ruffian

1

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

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outlaw

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confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly

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investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

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professional sense

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to begin; to set about; to start

1

horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn

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good sense

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in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears

1

pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply

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to leak out

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dear me; I mean; or rather

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head

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candy

2

killing a passerby in order to test a new sword

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laughingstock

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to fulfill one's responsibilities

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effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit

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group leader

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young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status

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discipline; training; teaching manners

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education; training; discipline

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