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bloodstream; blood flow

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palm sweat

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amount of sugar; sugar content

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palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping

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please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in

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blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty

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(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director

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mother; wife

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one field; a division; a branch (e.g. of study, etc.)

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supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder

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family quarrel

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distrust; unjust suspicion

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rank; order

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mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant

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boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque

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to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby

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Queen Mother of the West (an ancient Chinese goddess)

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skin and bones

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to wet the lips of a dying person; to attend someone's last moments

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ocean; large sea; fabric pattern

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name change

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mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips

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(one's) countenance; face

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interest; rights; concession

3

Oominato

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henchman; right-hand man; trusted confidant; inner circle

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to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit

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mine (gold, coal, etc.)

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person frozen to death

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drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained

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firm; unshakeable; resolute

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use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

2

measure to win someone over to one's side

2

secret agreement

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public finance; financial affairs; financial situation

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relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

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failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split

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to boil strongly; to be excited

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paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring

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something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah

1

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

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match fixing; put-up job; fixed game

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to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

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ridiculous

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to lose (money, etc.); to suffer a loss; to waste (one's time, efforts, etc.); to bring to naught; to feel disappointed (e.g. by missing out on something); to suffer a (perceived) loss

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a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)

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nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)

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courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite

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violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority

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to peel (roughly); to tear off; to rip off

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