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paying one's own way

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cake served with tea; teacake

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comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy

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back side; back end; posterior; rear

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(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)

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to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something

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to shine; to glitter

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groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of

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different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)

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fort; fortification; fortress; stronghold

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near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

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wine glass

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falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin

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fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

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appeal; entreaty; request

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Cassandra

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fold; bend; broken part

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to proceed smoothly

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fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours

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to go on the defensive; to play it safe

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to stir up; to stimulate

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rice field

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original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

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Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

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capitulation (of fort)

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taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son

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guards

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to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart

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dummy supporters (e.g. for sports team); dummy soldiers (e.g. left behind when evacuating)

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absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

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admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification

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aura

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suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person

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political negotiation

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in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without

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topography

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(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

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bullfighter; matador

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alliance

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suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)

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consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp

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easily

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to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations

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Nobel Prize

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

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to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)

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urgency; imminence

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poor offense; poor attacking play

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to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own

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to sharpen one's fangs

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