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painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

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simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie

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to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear

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synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program

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coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay

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even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

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one's person

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brainwashing

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yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

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to stop talking; to break off; to pause

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many obstacles; innumerable difficulties

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(arch.) to push aside; (arch.) to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; to push open

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real intention; true motive; true meaning

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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

2

staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising

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honour; honor; glory; privilege

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inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

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to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match

2

pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake

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to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

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with a snap; with a flick; wide-eyed; with a flick (of eyelids); with a crackle (of a fire); with a rustle

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trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause

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to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

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stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

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razor; razor-sharp (mind, intellect, etc.); keen; astute person; person of keen intellect

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to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

3

thick; dull (blunt); viscous

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innumerable; countless; numberless

5

thread; yarn; string

1

restricted; confined; unfree

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to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl

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remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

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to shed light; to cast light

3

to burn out

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to flutter down

2

long talk; long-winded speech

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polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

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moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative

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mystical power inherent in words; spirit of language

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legal force; legally binding force; compelling power; compelling force

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to knead into

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instinctive; instinctual

2

to try to do; to attempt to do

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foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse

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remarkable; striking; obvious

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to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

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momentary; instantaneous

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show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation

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to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)

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one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

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