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important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition

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every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart

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angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare)

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memory; ability to learn

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stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit

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violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity

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patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy

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actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)

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prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory

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spine; backbone; spinal column

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man-to-man; one-to-one

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(one's) age

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Heavy Object

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business; work; operations; service; duties

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for visitors; for guests

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official business; government business; public business; public use; government use

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Nogi

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Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop

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Venus (goddess); Venus (planet)

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renting a room

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to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush

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welcome

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baking soda; bicarbonate of soda; sodium bicarbonate

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gastroenteritis

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use; utility; effect; benefit

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to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike

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tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

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something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah

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sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

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labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work

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to rinse one's back

5

practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill

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Mell; Mel; Meru

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108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 microseasons of one year

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to be full-bodied (e.g. wine, sake); to be rich; to be robust (in flavor); to be full-flavored

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decapitation; beheading

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deadline

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speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs

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to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something

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Manhattan; Manhattan (cocktail)

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food and drink; eating and drinking

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mask; striking the head (kendo)

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ethnic; racial; national

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red face

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(arch.) eight ata (approx. 144 cm); large; long

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week

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to do together; to share; to participate in

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dry run; rehearsal

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thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking

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player

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