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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match

1

addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)

1

shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation

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to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp

1

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

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close contest; close match; close game; close combat

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exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

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weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person

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after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

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to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with

2

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

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(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow

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the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery

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one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions

1

infant; baby; little child

1

wisdom

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by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

3

girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

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another person; others

3

manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

2

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

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for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages

3

previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation

4

to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams

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to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

3

predecessor; pioneer; ancestor

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(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

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foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

1

inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation

1

elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

1

to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)

1

to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

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to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)

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self-control; self-restraint

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with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

1

inferiority complex; sense of inferiority

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desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving

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omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition

1

boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

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hand used like a sword in striking

1

back (of the body)

4

to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed

2

blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

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moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time

2

Kach and Kahane Chai

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