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torii (Shinto shrine archway)

the person concerned, the person in question, the said person

power, motive power; three-phase electricity

damage, breakage

to slip out, to sneak away, to break free, to get through (a difficult situation); to break into the lead, to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

smile

motto, slogan, catchword

reply, answer

pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)

waste (of money, time, etc.), squandering, frittering away

temptation, allurement, lure, enticement, seduction

to swing, to sway, to shake, to tremble; to waver, to feel shaken, to become unstable

to fry, to saute, to stir-fry

exaggerated, overdone, overblown, hyperbolic, bombastic, grandiose

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

undulation; ups and downs, highs and lows

assembly hall, parliament house, diet building, capitol, houses of parliament, congress hall

(criminal) punishment, penalty, sentence

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to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.), to conform to (the law, standards, etc.), to be based on, to apply correspondingly; to be proportionate to; to correspond to, to be equivalent to, to be treated in the same way as

paper patch attached to something, paper backing, sticker, label; notice, poster