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securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

3

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

1

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

1

green dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles

1

relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital

1

pupil; student; follower

2

the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

3

itinerancy; tour; trip

1

Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty

1

ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave

1

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

1

national border; provincial border

1

inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked

1

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

2

provisions

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

(death from) starvation; starving to death

1

Shiro

2

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

1

man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)

2

to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

3

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

2

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

4

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

5

child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person

2

against; contrary to

3

adversity; sad circumstances

3

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

2

sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi

1

(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion

1

to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down

1

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

1

to go mad

4

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

3

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

4

sumo wrestler; rikishi; strong man; Deva king

1

ōzeki (second highest rank in sumo)

1

yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop

1

(excelling in) one area or skill; (being skilled or gifted in) one certain area

1

to excel; to surpass

2

next; then; after that

1

weather

3

presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

3

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

3

big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

1

natural calamity; disaster

1

act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

1

however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while

5

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

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