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French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick

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biceps brachii muscle

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eraser; rubber

2

horsefly; gadfly

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cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)

1

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

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silk gauze (esp. used in light clothing for high summer)

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9th in rank; ninth sign of the Chinese calendar

1

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

1

suspension bridge; rope bridge

1

never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means

1

meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable

1

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

1

coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart

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moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time

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as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

2

standard; set; routine; decided

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congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

1

Iizou

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alcohol; sake

4

minor; not of age

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

7

to fight; to exchange blows

1

practice of buying a bottle of spirits at a bar which is then kept there for the customer

1

pitcher's first pitch (to batter)

1

killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style

1

warming up; limbering up

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having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)

1

rally

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to make frantic efforts

2

sphere; counter for balls

1

to fall flat; to collapse in a heap

1

to fight; to exchange blows; to rally

1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

2

to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

1

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

1

to die; to lay down life's burden

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to be allowed to practice with a partner of higher skill (esp. in sumo)

2

nice shot (esp. in golf)

1

wonderful; splendid; magnificent

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excellent

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right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher

2

shot (in films); shot (of alcohol); hitting a ball (e.g. in tennis); shoot (in basketball)

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legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way

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leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)

2

gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance

5

law decreeing rules for daimyo during Tokugawa shogunate

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variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)

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no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise

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