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food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

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idiosyncrasy

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(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)

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via; through; by doing; by means of; using

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giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

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to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one

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with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)

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lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

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cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

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reliance; dependence

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cage; pen; (jail) cell

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to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with

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(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang

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half step; half a step

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hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

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to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

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last days; the end; one's fate

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good-for-nothing; worthless

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one's last moment; one's death; one's end

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to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate

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strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature

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back; rear; background; behind the scenes

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almost; roughly; approximately

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to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

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lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)

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another thing; exception; special case

3

armor; armour

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scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

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horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)

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protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process

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dragon (as depicted in Western myths)

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

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to be imaginable; to be conceivable

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to reach; to get to; to arrive at

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glutton

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to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested

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splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)

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to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

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to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

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image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition

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crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

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to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly

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one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword

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directly opposite; right in front

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to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

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hind foot; hind-legs

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forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb

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onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

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pungent; irritating; acrid

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predation; eating prey; preying upon

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