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grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing

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counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)

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acupuncture treatment

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hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

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(verbal) tit for tat

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judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee

5

like; as

2

to mediate; to intervene

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support; backing; patronage

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injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity

1

(feeling of) trust

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

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preliminary test or trial; tryout; workout; warm-up

1

to throw away one's life

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too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at

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Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji

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one gō (approx. 180 ml); one gō (approx. 0.33 square meters); one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain

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pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity

2

gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)

2

early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

1

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

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himself; he himself

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half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns; middle guard position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

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to cut at; to slash at

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left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol

3

diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)

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to cut downward; to slash downward

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impatience

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left side

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blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

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to glare; to dazzle; to glitter

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inertia

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ordinary; sensible; commonplace

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emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect

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at any cost; at any price; at any expense

1

joint

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mobile; moveable

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region; limits; stage; level

3

one revolution; one rotation

2

to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

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right angle

2

maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum

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to bend; to warp; to curve

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spine; backbone; spinal column

3

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

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angle

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linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple

3

line of fire (of a gun)

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being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly

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