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early in the morning

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

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form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

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beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

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pure white; snow white

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whole story; full picture; full particulars

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travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit

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lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

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soap; soapland; brothel where one can bathe with prostitutes

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(foot) race; sprint

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gloomy; melancholy

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uneasily; restlessly; erratically

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creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit

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official divorce registration papers

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instant ramen

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instant

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to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

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trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess

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slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

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salt; salt content

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additive

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babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)

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to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white

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monster

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fortunes of war

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to that extent

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thrilling

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playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness

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leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence

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to fight to the bitter end

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near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

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see you; bye; ciao

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be on your guard!; take care!

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once a fool, always a fool; (lit.) idiots will only be cured when they die

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(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

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unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable

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goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

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tip; gratuity; alms

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to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

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cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

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to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)

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coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

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another dimension; different level; whole other level

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bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy

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to find out; to discover; to detect

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pattern; design

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to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

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useless; vain; aimless; idle

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