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putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

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being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out

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many; numerous; various; large number of

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to do (for someone)

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to be lacking in options; to be too few

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never; not at all

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ten-odd; a dozen or so

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as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

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all people; everybody; ten thousand people

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to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword

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mere; only; just; slight

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

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to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

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worthlessness

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to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death

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confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

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diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small

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accession to the throne; enthronement

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certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly

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to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply

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to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

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to be nearing death; to be dying

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to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)

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to inherit; to succeed; to take over

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favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured

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to take one's eyes off

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rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date

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to burn into one's memory; to sear an image

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to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

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works cited; references

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new revision

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Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)

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politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure

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translation with notes; translator's notes

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Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (publisher)

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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profile

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backscratcher

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Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)

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residing; living; dwelling

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fighting game (usu. one-on-one)

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cream puff

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novelist; fiction writer

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publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

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influence (on someone); inspiration

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without an occupation; unemployed; jobless

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serialization; serialisation; serial story

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reader

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support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping

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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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