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mercenary (soldier)

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poem

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smell(ing) of sweat

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straight line; beeline

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to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)

4

drainage; gutter; ditch

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to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)

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fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly

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think

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stainless steel

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with a bump; with a clunk; yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl

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protest; objection

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nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion); rattle-rattle; rustle-rustle; whisper-whisper

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to start working; to take action

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knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

3

omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping; giving up (reluctantly); parting with; sharing

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finished product; finished goods; completed article

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black; black (coffee); exploitative (company); overly harsh; boldface; blackface

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litre; liter

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small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt

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bitterness; bitter taste

2

sourness; acidity

3

bridge (road, railway, ship, etc.); (contact) bridge; Seven Bridge (Japanese rummy game); bridge; bridge (of a pair of glasses); bridge (in wrestling); bridge (circuit)

2

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

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is it not so?

2

abdominal muscles; abs; sit-up (exercise)

2

slowly; sluggishly

4

muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake

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roast

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to smell sweet; to be fragrant

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to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

3

the five fingers; leading five; top five

2

master; expert; brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.); excellent move

2

(sense of) taste; palate

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to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed

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swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

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quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

3

nostalgia; homesickness

4

aftertaste

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to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought

4

folder

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image; picture; portrait

2

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

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superstition; superstitious belief

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ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)

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trinitrotoluene; TNT

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suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up

4

trap

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border (between countries); national border

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mysterious light

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