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any number of people; as many people as one likes

1

you; my dear; hey

3

sharp

1

indicate reason; infers some protest

1

yellow

3

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

4

fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

10

bundle; bunch; sheaf

1

bundle; bunch; sheaf

2

regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

3

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

7

great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)

1

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

1

not only ... but (also); as well as ...

3

art of war; strategy; tactics

5

master; expert

1

thug; hooligan; ruffian; (arch.) spy

1

trumpet; horn; bugle

1

ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

1

stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance

1

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

1

natural span of life; 250 years old

1

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

2

unprecedented; never seen before

1

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

3

defense; defence; protecting; preventing

2

head of a sleeping person

1

master; expert

1

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

4

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

1

sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead

1

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

1

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

5

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

3

to ponder; to brood

3

fierce attack

1

to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

1

foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land

8

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

8

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

1

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

5

open air; outdoors; outside

2

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

4

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

3

a moment ago; just now

2

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

8

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

2