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juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe

1

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge

2

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

2

pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining

1

grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)

1

to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of

2

container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder

1

to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

1

on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way

4

rice bag

2

(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

2

rush; flood; deluge

2

fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead

1

covered in mud; mud-caked

1

to scoop up; to dip up

1

daytime; midday

1

refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)

5

sugar

1

person standing watch; guard duty

1

to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of

3

to shed blood

1

to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with

1

collusion; conspiring

1

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

whereabout; about where; how much

1

going slowly

1

you could say that

1

every night

1

person frozen to death

2

correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)

1

civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict

1

to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

1

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

1

bee; wasp; hornet

1

brick

1

embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

1

everyday life; daily life

1

that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

1

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

1

Japan and China

1

both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)

1

mixing things of different type (alternately or at the same time); mixture; dish of noodles, seafood, vegetables (from Nagasaki)

1

directions; instructions; orders; command

2

armband; arm band; brassard

1

foreign settlement; concession; reservation (e.g. American Indian)

1

Nazi; Nationalsozialist

1

Europe

1

Jew; Jewish person

1

(dead) end; end of the line

1

(about) middle; midway

1