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rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle

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A Dark Night's Passing (novel by Shiga Naoya)

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emphasis-adding particle

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to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...

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shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation

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prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)

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to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across

4

like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys

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to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms

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whispering into a person's ear

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conscience

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two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth

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to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize

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to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do

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angry voice

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pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

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to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

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if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...

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to kick (into something, e.g. a goal)

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go away; leave; get lost; fuck off; scram

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two days later; day after next; next day but one

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bathing (in cold water); showering; swimming

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one after another; one after the other; in rotation; exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly

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pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born

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outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs

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babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)

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premature birth

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to be constricted; to tighten (in the middle); to narrow

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individual differences; personal equation

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shit!; damn!

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to talk volubly

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leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase

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quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation

2

physical strength

2

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

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basketball shoes

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to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

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appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)

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beer

2

empty can

6

brandy

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opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail

6

drinking bout; merrymaking

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to drink too much

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sperm; spermatozoon

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to be deceived

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have a good day; take care; see you

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reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol

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buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

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selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested

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