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with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves

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to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into

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attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

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underwater navigation; going underground; going into hiding; travelling incognito

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strike (kendo)

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to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)

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victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm

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(arch.) dancing girl (end of the Heian period); prostitute; tempo in gagaku

2

features; looks

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sadness; sorrow; grief

2

go stone; go piece

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to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across

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older brother

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to drag in; to pull in

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to peek; to peep

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

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to force one's way through

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lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe

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to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over

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to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

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Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

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Yoshiyuki

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majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance

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disappointment; despair

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wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); downturn; recession; front left; front and left

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furious attack

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stab; thrust; lunge

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knee strike; kneeing

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

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blithering idiot; bloody fool; total moron; dimwit

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repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. in boxing, baseball)

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a fight between equally great opponents; (lit.) dragon and tiger fighting one another

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offense and defense; offence and defence

2

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

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to take a solid stance; to put one's back in it; to exert oneself

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shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream

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petty thief; pilferer; sneak thief

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to rant and rave; to raise hell

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finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)

1

murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

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servant; valet; menial

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will (esp. of shogun); decree; emperor's wishes

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device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity

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to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

3

unsigned; without a signature

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row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)

2

cloud of sand (dust, etc.)

2

to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack

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raging bull; ferocious bull

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