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to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

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stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)

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(Internet) troll; disturber; raising havoc; laying waste; robbery; holdup

1

totally willing; fully motivated

1

demand for; request

1

school building; schoolhouse

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(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

3

disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful

1

joke; jest; funny story

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to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell

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to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

2

to writhe (in agony)

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Sayaka

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kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords

2

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

3

mutual; reciprocal

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exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

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to gather momentum; to gather strength; (for a trend) to reach a peak

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rule

3

permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

2

to withdraw into oneself; to shut oneself away; to seclude oneself

1

strong point; merit; virtue; advantage

1

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

1

tide; current; tendency; trend

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initiative; pioneering

1

mutual exchange

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while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

2

on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully

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getting back to the subject at hand, ...; (but) to return to the main topic, ...; so much for digressions, ...

1

suspicious

1

-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of

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Watanabe

3

to order; to command; to appoint

2

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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rather; better

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bad name; bad reputation; disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; stigma

1

to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift

2

intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

1

meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; knowing; pregnant (pause)

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laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

3

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

relay

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to install (a person) in (someone's) place

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climax; uprush; bulge

1

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

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opera

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present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

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public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments

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treasure

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mound; heap; burial mound; tomb; standing stone; stone signpost

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