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shading; (colour) gradation; kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles

2

to be struck by lightning

1

altocumulus cloud

1

secretary; councillor; councilor

1

the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)

1

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

1

one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed

1

sheep

1

dullness (esp. of the skin); lack of luster; dirt; soil; contamination

2

only; sole; unique

1

pirate king

1

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

1

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

1

to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on

1

pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

1

actually; really

1

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

1

to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

1

wheat straw; barley straw

1

birch (esp. Japanese white birch)

1

turnip (Brassica rapa)

1

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

1

to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for

1

soap; soapland; brothel where one can bathe with prostitutes

1

shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish

1

thunder

4

bath

1

what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!

1

robin

5

Nico; Nicod; Niko

3

hat; cap

1

recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song

1

golden

1

to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

2

soap

3

mother; mom; mum; mama

1

lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone

1

skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

1

lump of iron; iron ingot

1

door; gate; opening; title page

1

never again

2

deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid

2

swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing (boxing); swing

1

to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

2

bathtub

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

1

to gain strength; to have energy

1

commercial paper; CP; communist party; CP; cerebral palsy; cerebral paralysis; counterpurchase

1

to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle

1

end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

1