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Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point

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to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution

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not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for

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when it becomes; when it comes to

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unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

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temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory

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departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition

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bitter-tasting bug

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to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

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giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names

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genuine; authentic; true; real

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to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

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stabbing to death; putting out

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to happen to be present

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to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake

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to taste; to try (food or drink)

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to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

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incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

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suspect

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husband and wife; married couple

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presentation (of a passport, ID, bill of exchange, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents)

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calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness

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abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky

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offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

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to release (e.g. a film)

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first day; opening day

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title; caption; heading

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you; noblewoman; lady

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being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

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red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing

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rhythm

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to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune

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to finish dyeing

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viewing as a problem; problematizing

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the front; honest; upright; decent

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(not) one

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to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)

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unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

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sinful; wicked; immoral

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and so; therefore; for that reason

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punishment; penalty

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to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

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even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

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to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled

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profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

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dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point

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splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

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to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)

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to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

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cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

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