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foolish question

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discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)

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test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

5

around the clock; day and night

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glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly

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successor

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chance (of success); odds

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sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan

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to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble

4

I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but

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match; game; bout; contest

2

shame; disgrace

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fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

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if I (we, etc.) could

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famous sword; excellent sword

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snow field

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objection; shortcomings

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snow; snowfall

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ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound

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making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

4

difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them

1

toe

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calm before a storm; lull before the storm

1

on one hand; on the other hand

5

flash; instant; lightning (speed)

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Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism); (arch.) moon

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the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage

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to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction

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faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction

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burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)

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paper-thin (difference)

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for one thing ...

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a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

1

groan; moan; moaning

2

family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables

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disgrace; shame

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frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

1

by force

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ability; skill; facility

1

to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

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lower rank

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in tatters; in pieces; wiped out

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therefore; for that reason; such being the case

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to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry

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first-class goods

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physical strength; brute strength; arm strength

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to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

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rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

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predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

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though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

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