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monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding

5

indicate reason; infers some protest

2

preface; introduction; preamble

1

Akira

2

after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on

1

Mariko; Malko

2

to fall in love

2

to do someone in; to bump someone off

1

full of; brimming with

4

book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook

2

labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

1

consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern

1

to reread; to read again

3

influence; clout; leverage

1

skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery

1

to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

1

good morning

3

to call the roll; to take attendance

1

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

4

every place; various places

1

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

7

Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force

1

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

2

best article under heaven; peerless

1

on ice

1

lucky adventurer; adventurer who takes advantage of troubled times; soldier of fortune

1

Oda

2

sea route

1

(arch.) archer (esp. a samurai); (arch.) (skilled) archer; (arch.) bowman; (arch.) dominion of a whole province by a military family; bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling

1

sumo wrestler; rikishi; strong man; Deva king

1

imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot

1

military force; force of arms; strength of an army

2

to get a big surprise; to be astonished

1

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

3

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

2

enemy camp; enemy line

1

surprise attack

2

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

2

interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel

1

to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken

2

Gohan

1

small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to

1

worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace

1

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

1

pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading

3

bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

2

children's (TV) show; children's program

1

spectre; specter

21

for some (unspecified) reason

2