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boa

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

2

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

3

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

3

Kintarō; hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength; Kintarō doll (usu. having a plump red face, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron); diamond-shaped apron

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axe

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prop; strut; becoming taut; tightness; thrust; slapping attacks

1

the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)

1

to approach; to draw near

1

shoulder

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to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

2

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

1

scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick

1

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

1

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

1

generation; the world; the age

2

to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue

1

pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission

1

to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by

4

in that way; like that; that way

1

due form; official; formality

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

2

to burn; to get fired up

3

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

1

that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!

2

tuning fork

1

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

4

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

1

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

2

earnestly

1

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

1

to join forces; to cooperate

3

conclusion

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

1

to be careful in speech

2

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

1

to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

2

possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership

1

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

1

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

4

cry; crying voice

1

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

3

taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton

1

equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

1

hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

1

pigeon; dove

1

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

5

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

1

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

2

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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