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naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting

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salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray

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to look sour (disgusted)

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national interest

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to disable; to override

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raining; downpour

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great hurry; great haste; rush

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Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)

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to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

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letter of apology

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going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

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not yet; un-

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to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

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consideration; taking into account

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establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming

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declaration of war; proclamation of war

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male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)

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father-in-law; foster father; stepfather

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disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic

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empress; queen

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noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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(present) head of a family

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annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat

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one boat; one ship

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eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view

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losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown

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gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam

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to shake with rage

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to stare back (at); to glare back

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(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit

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to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

2

rebirth; reincarnation

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not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...

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to sting one's eyes; to make one's eyes smart

2

open sea; ocean

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small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature

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flagship

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the same ship; taking the same ship

2

kite

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sense of liberation; feeling of freedom

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to escape from; to get out

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sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation

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old friend; familiar face

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alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name

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separation; farewell; parting

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(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

5

one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

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to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind

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attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage

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