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personal grudge; personal enmity

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initiative

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chance (of success); odds

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calling bird (esp. a cuckoo)

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to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede

1

a certain ...; some ...

1

mantra; Shingon sect

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invocation of the spirits of the dead

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emphasizes direct object of action

1

Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character

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tedium; boredom; ennui

1

stockings

1

ribbon

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to consign to oblivion

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means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

1

formal

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formal

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rental

1

mourning band; mourning ribbon

1

owning a lot of clothes; person who owns a lot of clothes

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formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit

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slope

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jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry

1

things at hand; personal belongings

2

displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

1

to do as one wishes; to act as one wills

1

unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit

1

marker (pen); marker (object); scorekeeper (esp. in golf); marker

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to scribble (down); to write quickly; to dash off

1

direct connection; direct link

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

2

diss; dissing; disrespect

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savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

4

to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish

1

several years; a few years

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century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

2

practical question; practical problem; practical matter

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side effect; adverse reaction

2

penetration; permeation; transmission

2

application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)

1

research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study

1

to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)

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funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

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persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

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meta

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anecdote; brief (comic) story

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under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown

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evaluation criteria; evaluation standard

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hard to read

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to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer

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