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to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

2

identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)

1

to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

1

newly appointed; inaugural

4

Richard Parker (sailor)

3

just past noon; afternoon

1

hooded sweatshirt; hoodie; hoody; hooded jacket; parka; anorak

76

counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.

7

angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged

2

our side; we

1

protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm

1

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

1

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

1

to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

2

urgent business; pressing need; imperative

1

October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

2

following year

3

now is the time

1

readiness to cooperate; framework for cooperation

1

plantation

2

open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent

1

rearmament

1

market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation

1

sudden rise (in price); sharp rise; jump; surge

1

pier; wharf; quay; dock

1

mooring; anchorage

1

ship's hold; hatch

2

departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail

1

open sea; Okinawa

2

mining

1

trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

1

busiest and most profitable business period; peak season

2

grumbling; muttering; nonsense

1

severe; bitter; scathing

2

snide remark; insinuation; sly dig; disguised reproach; indirect criticism

1

to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down

1

impregnable

1

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

1

fort; stronghold; fortification

2

Joint Chiefs of Staff

1

rain forest

1

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

1

divorce; dissolution of adoption

1

approval; assent

1

Churchill (Canada)

1

prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier

1

unable to move; held up; swamped; stuck between a rock and a hard place

1

view; outlook; prospect

1

to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)

1