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Kobe beef; Kobe cattle

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cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it

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semicircular canals (of the inner ear)

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Michael Jordan

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Kobe Bryant

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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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superhuman feat; consummate skill

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in its entirety; whole; wholly

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wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm

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to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance

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staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance

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accurate; flawless; perfectly ordered; without deviation

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(feeling of) identification; sense of unity

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(sense of) presence; feeling as if one was there; feeling of actually being there; realism; ambiance

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innocence; mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; insentient; pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking

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to be intimate with; to befriend

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grip

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to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend

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daydream; waking dream

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triumphant return; returning in triumph

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prime; conspicuous

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to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot

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putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating

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other than; excluding; without

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to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)

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continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration

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deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched

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unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic

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subordinate; underling; henchman; minion

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boisterously; roughly; briskly

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full of; brimming with

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to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense

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(hen's) egg

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rolled Japanese-style omelette

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to be palatable; to suit one's taste

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unseasonable; out-of-season

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cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing

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official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open

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rough estimate; sloppy accounting; slapdash bookkeeping

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knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

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life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

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looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)

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muscular

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martial artist; fighter

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trainer (person who trains people or animals); sweatshirt

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a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

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mother and daughter

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academic; scholarly; scientific

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