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Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

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disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence

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mastery

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martial artist; fighter

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to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)

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inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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society; the world; the times

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thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.

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solidification; congelation; coagulation; condensation

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elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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bipartite; in two parts; double

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to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

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to knock down; to defeat

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kenpō practitioner; martial artist (esp. of hand-to-hand combat)

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to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

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giant tree

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to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

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base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

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bare feet

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upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor

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to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

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to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

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the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass

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to collapse; to flop (onto)

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to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

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four-handed performance (on the piano)

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to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept

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to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle

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cartwheel

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to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down

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huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)

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to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)

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compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)

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true; real; genuine; proper; utter

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so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

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to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)

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thrusting technique

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pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

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support; backing; aid; assistance

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

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to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

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to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on

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hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence

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joint-locking technique (in judo)

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to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone

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lightly; easily; carelessly

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spine; backbone; spinal column

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to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

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side; flank; position where one is not directly involved (in a matter); outsider's position; the sidelines

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