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traditional Japanese band of sandwich board advertisers

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shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable

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opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

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spy

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to escape; to run away

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oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

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good grief

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now; soon; already; yet; further; more

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absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

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middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

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this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

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shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum

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absolutely; positively; decidedly

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100,000,000; one hundred million

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everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly

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bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

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to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

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to fight to the bitter end

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pardon; forgiveness; forbearance

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land of the gods; Japan; China

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immortal; undying; indestructible

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still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

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I can tell you; heh

2

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

3

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

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direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

7

to; towards; for

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previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

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to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

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which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

2

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

3

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

3

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

4

people; men and women; each person; everybody

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groan; moan; moaning

5

victims; sufferers

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one month

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extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

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day after day; every day

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air-raid

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to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

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until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

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taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven

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burn; scald

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such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

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empty stomach; hunger

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(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

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to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

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