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direct unforked road; straight path

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end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

3

to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)

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next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

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bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife

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knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

3

blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end

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to come to see; to come and see; to visit

2

regret; repentance; remorse

3

to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)

2

one's mind

2

to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

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first; new

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long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down

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head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard

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beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

2

service; duty; work

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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reluctant (to part)

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to manage something successfully; to be successful

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uncertainty; indeterminacy; unreliability; unauthenticity

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feelings of guilt

2

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved

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to become slightly sweaty; to sweat a little; to become moist with sweat

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step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

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to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project

3

kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food

4

seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

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loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

1

rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

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sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

3

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

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repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually

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limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth

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whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke

1

bunch of keys

2

clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)

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cellar; basement

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womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer

3

folding one's arms

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to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire

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once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)

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chance; opportunity

3

to push open

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inside; interior; inner part

3

lock; lock (in rugby); lock forward

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to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

2

putting one's hands behind one's back; having one's hands behind one's back; behind; rear; back

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to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up

2

wind and rain; rainstorm

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