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insurance; guarantee

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pride

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I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit

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outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider

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routine

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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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windup; wind-up

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feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

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Gouin

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sentiment; sentimentality

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to smash; to break

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straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

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course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy

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again

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all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

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to fall flat; to collapse in a heap

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final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding

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basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

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oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!

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farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

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short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized

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to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

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everybody; every last one of them; all

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cinders

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glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal

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meaning; called; said

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to act lovestruck; to be fawning; to act affectionate

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death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

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kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

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to make out with; to make cozy with (cosy); to do at one's own discretion

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face contorted and about to cry

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to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough

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subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

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waterfall; (arch.) rapids

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perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues

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(not) merely; (not) simply

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to request earnestly

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muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking

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the same kind; accomplice; partner

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to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues

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earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

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to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

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all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

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meaningless; pointless

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dot; point; mark

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drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

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before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

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(sudden) evening shower (rain)

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promptly; quickly

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end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation

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