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crying face; face of a person who is crying

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junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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Tokyo Tower

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to snap; to break (under pressure)

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level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level

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White House

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capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics

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stray bullet

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sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out

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last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

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strategy meeting; council of war

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form; method; system; formula

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as stated; verbatim; literally

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to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

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palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards

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scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

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scratch; scratch mark

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dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

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to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

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to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)

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cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon; positive and negative (magnetic poles, electric terminals, etc.); cathode and anode

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scenery; scene; landscape

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feng shui; fengshui; wind and water

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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 be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse

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reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

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scribble; scrawl

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to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

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to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

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slate; stone slab

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ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head

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to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

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it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

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red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

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double; twice (as much); twofold

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to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder

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one-by-one; separately; in detail

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to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)

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to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

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messy; confused; chaotic; in a nagging manner; (complaining) about various things

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random; random sampling

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to rearrange; to reorder; to move around; to sort; to collate

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storehouse; warehouse; godown

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(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

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or; or else

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disguise; masquerade

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look!; there!; here!; that is

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looking; viewing; (please) try (to)

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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