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random pounding (e.g. on a drum)

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wicked; evil; wrong; bad

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to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

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stern expression; severe expression; grim expression

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suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly

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graceful; willowy; lissome; soft and tender

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unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual

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origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

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to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

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with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes

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battle; fight; combat

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occupation; calling; livelihood

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sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion

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killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous

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mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

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engineer; technical officer

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to jar; to creak; to grate

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murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

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one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)

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to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in

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to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

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(noble's) page

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subordinate person

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there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...

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to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)

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to feel as though ...

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but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

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to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

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secluded inner room

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bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom

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to drag in; to pull in

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fairy; nymph; elf

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to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to

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with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

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disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient

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strong; intense; severe

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to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

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huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)

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bank; coast; shore

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splash; plop

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wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

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to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack

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to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

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the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

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to pitch forward; to fall forward

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to hold up in one's arms

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to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing

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to crouch; to squat; to cower

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only once

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unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

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