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to flee from one's enemy; to turn tail

to expose one's weakness to an adversary

similar things turning up one after another; bamboo shoots after rain

post-impressionism; postimpressionism

street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head

belated; eleventh-hour

to be inverted (of the order of something); to be reversed; to get mixed up; to become back to front

to have one's hands tied behind one; to be arrested

appointment of successor

noon; 12pm

following (a person to a place)

Economics

recession

From rakugo

that's all from me, and now the next speaker

late Heian period

infinite regress

rear area

ward (of the court)

self-contradiction; self-inconsistency

without considering the consequences; recklessly; imprudently; going overboard

lines of communication

to outlive

Idiomatic expression

to do something spiteful as one leaves; to take a parting shot at; to kick sand (at someone) with one's hind legs

to keep (the matter) for another occasion

before and after childbirth

redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti)