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venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

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air-raid shelter; bomb shelter

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limestone cave; limestone cavern

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midwinter; dead of winter

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nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion

6

adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

3

end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot

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occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

2

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

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alienation; estrangement; leaving (someone) out; casting out; cutting off; avoiding

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penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task

2

strategy; tactics

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to pretend; to feign

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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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to achieve one's desire

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open; public; official; overt

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public indecency; indecent exposure

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conspiracy theory

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day of the Ox (esp. in midsummer or midwinter)

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chocolate given to a friend (on Valentine's day)

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to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

2

declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility

3

movement (political, social, artistic, etc.); movement (of a clock or watch); movement (impression of motion); movement

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obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption

6

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

2

legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure

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impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)

1

snail; spiral shell

2

horn-shaped pastry with chocolate filling

8

fair; fair ball; fair (event)

9

with a crack; with a tearing sound; with a ripping sound; stylish; smart; dapper

1

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

1

hygienic; sanitary

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to tear; to rip

2

smoothly; swiftly

1

cream-filled bread roll

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what the?; what's going on?; what's this?

2

dirty; unclean

1

to wipe off; to wipe up

1

antibacterial; antimicrobial

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unrelated; unconnected

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sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope

2

bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune

1

touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency

1

to like; to prefer; to be pleased by

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cacao tree (Theobroma cacao); cocoa tree

3

a period (of time)

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extremely; terrifically; super

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one's romantic fate; one's luck in love

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planetary alignment; syzygy

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