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topmost

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being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed

1

reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

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this is why; this means; it is the case that

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

9

fresh

4

educational institution; school; academy; campus

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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Minerva (Roman goddess)

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monologue

1

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

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to stab to death

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temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent

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to unfold; to unroll; to open

2

wars; disturbances

1

manner of using one's hands

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to spend time (on doing something)

2

saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension

1

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

3

to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out

1

after reading a book

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eyelashes

2

to look upward

1

to count; to enumerate

2

several (levels, floors)

1

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

13

eulogy; compliment

2

victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

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to advance (as of a baseball game); to repeat

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genuine; authentic; true; real

7

triumphant pose assumed by an athlete

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conclusion; completion

3

related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned

7

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

4

to buy as a gift

1

to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

2

in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically

2

will; volition; intention; intent; determination

2

weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation

2

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

2

camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting

1

complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)

1

to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased

1

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

1

to defeat

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fundamental; basic

1

tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit

2

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

1

theory

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to join together; to combine; to join up

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