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defense (esp. in sports); defence

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offense; offence

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not having enough workers; being understaffed; having nothing one can do about something; having no options; no reason not to ...; can't afford not to

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(words to) that effect

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good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B

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office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)

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although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again

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to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white

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to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

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Western painting; Western film; Western movie

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thunderous roar; roaring sound

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number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order

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for better or worse; luckily or unluckily

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soundproofing

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fierce attack

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

cold water

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to pour on

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several times; once or twice

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bygones; the past; past event

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to look stern

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restoration; repair; mending

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caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman

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earthquake

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angle

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to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because

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to push back; to press back; to force back

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to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all

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fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success

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look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

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scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

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to hit hard; to strike hard

3

masturbation; onanism; self-consolation

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keyboard

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hitting; battering

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order; discipline; regularity; system; method

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disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray

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to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap

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classmate; friend in the same class

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to begin (doing); to start (doing)

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to rape

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to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike

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to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

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to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend

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yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

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at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

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haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

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beside; nearby

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