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disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

2

good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

3

clearing one's throat; cough

1

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

12

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

4

to fish; to angle

1

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

11

apology; excuse

2

by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

1

connection; link; relationship

2

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

1

be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

15

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

2

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

1

such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

3

courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court

2

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

2

purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

2

to be helpful; to be useful

2

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

2

to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up

2

however; but

4

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

1

together (with); at the same time; in a lump

2

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

3

hostage

4

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

1

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

1

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

6

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

2

fish

1

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

1

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

1

gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish

9

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

1

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

1

to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

1

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

2

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

5

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

3

if I (we, etc.) could

1

in person; personally; directly

1

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

1

at your own discretion; as you see fit

1

leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

1

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

2

all; everything

1