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line of spears held at the ready

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pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

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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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griffon; gryphon

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blue sky

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being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan

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dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)

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to save; to leave over; to spare

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diamond dust; ice crystals

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to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

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raid; assault; descent

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to lose balance

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ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.

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stability; security; equilibrium

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death by falling

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now or never; time's up

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training; drilling

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easy; plain; simple

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war area; battlefield; theater; theatre

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one-to-many

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being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery

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beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable

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starboard

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one eyebrow

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brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life

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to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

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to neigh

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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carbuncle; red gemstone, esp. a garnet

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Terumitsu

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draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie

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to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge

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to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits

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bow (of a warship)

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ultimate weapon; one's final trump card

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old cloth; rag

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to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

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swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply

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to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)

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to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

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seeming sad

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to check; to stop; to keep back

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attendant; companion

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originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with

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stone statue

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to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

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blue; azure; green

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dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction

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faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)

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in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw

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