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self-assertion

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overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory

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cold (drinking) water

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to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil

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uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely

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prospects of victory; chances of success

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to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

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affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella

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art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

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to challenge (a person) to a fight

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countermeasure; counter-measure

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(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift

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remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)

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hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

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demonic; devilish; satanic; diabolic

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skillful; clever; versatile; handy

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switch (long, slender shoot of a tree); switch (cane used for flogging)

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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march; advance

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bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly

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inhuman; inhumane

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bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

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to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)

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bow with a heavy draw weight; someone who wields a heavy-draw-weight bow

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thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder

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to stick (in); to stick out; to rise sharply; to stand (doing nothing)

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the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

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scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

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even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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to start to move; to get going; to come alive

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first place; first rank; units position (of a number)

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battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)

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enemy (soldier)

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nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

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flour; meal; powder; heroin

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to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble

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to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire

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to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip

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or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said

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if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...

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quiver

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to fire (a gun); to shoot; to let off; to loose off; to blow (someone) away

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archery; mapping; map; morphism

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several hundred; hundreds (of)

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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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mineral

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-ish; -like

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I; me

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