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dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)

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magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave

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game

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the former

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to break through; to penetrate; to pierce

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to run about trying to escape

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rush; flood; deluge

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surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede

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to drop; to let fall; to omit

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making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

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to spread (flames)

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smoke; fumes

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to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over

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just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

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garments; attire

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obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability

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walking heavily; lumbering

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maid; handmaid

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a long time ago

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digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else

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feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

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system

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hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

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free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank

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big tree

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one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword

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to sit in a row; to be arrayed

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oops; uh oh; drats

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to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

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clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

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aquiline nose; Roman nose; hook nose

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weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

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to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

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to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

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stalk; stem

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to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

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from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

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tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

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young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

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to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided

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gossip; corner of the mouth

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large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant

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seawater; saltwater

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to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

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submersion; inundation; being flooded

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with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

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to grow old

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to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

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to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear

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tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

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