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Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

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to avoid; to refrain from; to shun

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Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead

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travel; trip; journey

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fixed rule; usual way; usual method

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small number; few; minority

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effective; successful

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mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends

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to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

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to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places

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retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

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to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

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to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear

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to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

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to gather strength; to take heart

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brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded

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to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

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splat!

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one's troops

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violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault

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to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips

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moan; groan; groaning

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to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last

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thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about

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one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

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to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

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to keep running

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luxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)

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cluster of trees; grove; thicket

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third; no. three

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to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

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second in command (of an army); vice-captain; fourth athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

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Ukita Hideie

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to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

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encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

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crowd (of people); large group of people

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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

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what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

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muzzle; snout

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clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another

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gong; handbell

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to throb; to beat fast

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faraway; far-off

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silver-colored folding fan (coloured)

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tedious; boring; being fed up with

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Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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folding fan

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mixed (e.g. team, chorus)

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picturesque scenery; place of scenic beauty

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption

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