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last month

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decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation

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reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction

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reconstruction; rebuilding; restructuring

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leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage

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poetic

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troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble

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(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

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coarse; rough; crude

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tradition; convention

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to send in

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to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press

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premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated

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trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

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capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive

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heavy loss

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inhumane; inhuman

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antagonism

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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(official) commendation; public recognition (of someone's achievements, good deeds, etc.); awarding; honouring

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abstract

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detached; aloof; indifferent

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godsend; windfall

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to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words

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raindrop

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intermission (during a play, sumo, etc.); interval; temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance)

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I'll; let's; probably

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to catch a cold

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greeting; a fine thing to say

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spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress

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roof leak

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(amount of) rainfall

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rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)

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to trickle down

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self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally

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the sick and wounded

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to ask for too much; to expect too much

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steel; steal (baseball, basketball)

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small bottle

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colorful; colourful

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fine powder

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second grade; second step; second act (in jōruri, noh, kabuki, etc.); third highest division; makushita division

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weight (for scales); counterweight

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tweezers; forceps

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to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

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mortar

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third lowest division

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label

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plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle

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bowl; pot; (plant) pot; flowerpot; crown (of the head); skull

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