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hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
giant; woodsman; alpinist
show; exhibition; spectacle
inside; interior; inner part
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
gate money; admission fee
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to show; to bare (the teeth)
to strike a pose (in kabuki); to assume a posture; to make a proud gesture; to put on an air of confidence; to speak boastfully
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
wrestler's ceremonial leg raising and stomping