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to distract a person's attention

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improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

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nine; 9

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multiplication table; times table

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200; two hundred

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to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

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rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

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warming up; warm-up

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no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

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gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)

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to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale

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fundamental; basic

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order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

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kakari geiko; training performed by an attacker and a defender

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kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords

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offense; offence; method of attack

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(referring to a person) receiver; receiving side; viewer; listener

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advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

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stopping just before

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manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

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to become inverted; to become reversed

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training by two participants of the same skill level (kendo); general training involving all six types (kendo)

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clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight

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regret; repentance

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inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)

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lawn; grass

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seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

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to hold a sword above one's head; to be haughty; to be arrogant

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to freeze

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

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to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

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to thrust before; to thrust at

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base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

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to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

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meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous

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lower lip

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brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

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to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel

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trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering

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in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

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will; volition; intention; intent; determination

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once more

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to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist

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to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

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to divert; to distract

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morning; a.m.

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seeing one off; farewell; escort

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