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promoted pawn

1

to make good use of; to use to one's advantage

1

to be satisfied

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

2

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

1

genuine; authentic; true; real

1

noisy voices

1

food; foodstuff; prey; victim

1

to seize power

1

to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

1

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

1

model case

1

to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon

1

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

2

liar; fibber

1

impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength

1

extreme; extremity

1

to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

1

to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter

1

black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

1

Ayako

11

reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

4

to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

2

being too late; losing one's final chance

3

a Buddha; deceased person

2

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

7

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

2

sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)

1

(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle

1

theme song

1

compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit

1

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)

1

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

1

congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

2

matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman

3

bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone

3

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

2

freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes

1

to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth

1

ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making

1

evasion; avoidance

1

woman of around thirty

1

to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

2

bottle

1

railroad; railway; rail transport

2

multi-level crossing

1

grade crossing; level crossing

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Yokosuka Line

1

Taura Station

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