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phone duty; being on call

1

serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere

3

to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

1

cicada; locust; small-sized pulley

2

just; fair; proper; reasonable

1

emphasis-adding particle

1

finally; at last; in the end; ultimately

2

children

1

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

1

the prosecution; prosecution side

5

Tachimura

13

Murai

6

two or three

1

tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony

1

preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence

4

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

2

it's no joke; gimme a break!

2

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

2

hearsay; rumour

1

silent

1

observer; spectator (e.g. in court); (member of the) public; visitor; audience; gallery

7

to order; to command; to appoint

3

to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

4

personality; character; individuality; personhood

1

falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy

1

sex; sexual intercourse; (one's) sex; gender

1

trial

2

interruption; suspension; break

1

to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)

1

oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

2

matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

1

to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)

1

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

2

to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

1

person in charge; official; attendant

3

(coal) cinders

1

spontaneous combustion

1

to burn; to get fired up

1

to appear in the newspaper

1

revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)

1

in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for

2

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

2

pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix

4

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

group of thieves

1

storehouse; warehouse; godown

1

what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty

2

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

1

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

2