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careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking

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influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

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to rely on

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besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so

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difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

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

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one day; (on) a certain day

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sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens

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special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

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unprecedented; never seen before

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practical side of life

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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

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telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism

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formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy

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origin; beginning; start

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great vigor; tremendous energy; (lit.) forceful enough to knock down birds in flight

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clear; precise; definite; distinct

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this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that

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favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

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end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years

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free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes

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eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance

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here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

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enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.); reception (of a right, privilege, rank, etc.); having

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common sense; common knowledge; common understanding

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restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

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event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

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means; method; way

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to pour on

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all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults

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storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu

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shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck

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global scale; worldwide scale

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recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

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convenient

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unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic

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declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression

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projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out

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outstanding; excellent; exceptional; distinguished; unrivaled; surpassing (e.g. beauty)

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following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with

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speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)

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stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone

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absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively

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great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

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(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force

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in succession; one by one

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rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power

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separate; respective; different

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the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed

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flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

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