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wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)

2

ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)

3

hairline at nape of neck; nape of neck

1

hair oil; hair cream

1

to get (someone) drunk; to inebriate; to intoxicate; to charm; to enchant

1

never again

4

near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

1

determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone

2

vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry

1

trend of the times; way things are going

1

frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise

1

while surprised; suddenly

1

internal organ; viscera; gut

1

omission; slip; error; definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound)

1

cave; cavern; den; grotto

1

an unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles

1

to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

1

day of month; counter for days

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

2

peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity

1

blow; shock; strike; batting

1

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

1

severe; fierce; stern

5

abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)

1

to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

1

to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)

1

little by little

5

governor of a feudal domain (1869-1871)

2

to not believe one's ears

1

atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)

1

inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral

1

fields (of rice and other crops)

1

temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent

1

sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year

2

to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)

1

Miyagi (prefecture)

1

to be withered or nipped by frost

1

waiting upon (someone)

3

mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

3

give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose

1

dominion; territory; possession

2

people close to the head man

1

depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

1

helping hand; help; support; aid

1

faith; fidelity; loyalty

1

settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards

1

along the way; along the road

1

gracious command or words

2

even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

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