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licking one's lips; licking one's chops

3

to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)

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triangle; triangular shape

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(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle

3

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms

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three minutes

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Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)

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Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu

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Sichuan (province in China); Shu; Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)

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Jin dynasty (of China; 265-420 CE); Chin dynasty

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three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China

2

imperial throne; the Crown

1

Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms

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staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor

2

noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.

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Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)

1

power struggle

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centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

1

playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating

1

good or bad luck; fortune

1

one month

2

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

2

laboratory; seminar room; professor's office

1

adoption; acceptance; confiscation; midwifery; midwife

1

time of emergency; (in an) emergency

3

history

2

to cause casualties; to result in deaths

1

Agatha Christie

3

And Then There Were None (1938 novel by Agatha Christie); Ten Little Niggers

4

pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

2

administrator of a manor

2

astrology

4

must-read; required reading

1

reading through (a book); finishing (a book)

3

Sakaguchi Ango (1906.10.20-1955.2.17)

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discontinuity

3

trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing

1

confusion; mixing; merger

1

to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

5

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

1

recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back

1

unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate

1

important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination

2

achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record

1

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

3

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

9

high place; high altitude; heights; broad view

2

for work; for manufacturing

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