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difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps

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rumble in the ground

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whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

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loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

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downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb

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learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

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with resolution

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needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

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dizzyingly

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flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily

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hypnosis

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consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement

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stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration

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castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

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cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence

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to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered

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path of retreat

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to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

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one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

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to cut at; to slash at

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hardness

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to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

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to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat

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to shake off; to throw off

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violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity

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wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person

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desperate; hopeless

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to lose heart; to lose motivation

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(small) stone; rock; pebble

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stern expression; severe expression; grim expression

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to nod to one another

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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black lustre; black luster

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reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong

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(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection

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mercilessly; ruthlessly

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one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

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to fall off; to tumble down

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to decide the outcome (e.g. game); to be very different; to be sharply contrasted

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to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

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to fall asleep

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coercive; overbearing

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cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

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without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat

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to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

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following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with

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five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

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function; facility; faculty; feature

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blood

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