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far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

5

to surround; to crowd around

2

giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

3

to twist; to distort

1

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

1

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

13

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

1

together; at the same time; same; identical

3

loincloth

1

one thin flat object; one sheet

7

nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing

1

upper half of the body; upper body

2

to mistake (A for B); to misread

1

sharply; harshly; stingingly

1

powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

3

to increase; to grow

3

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

4

boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)

3

stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon

8

fat; thick

1

to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

2

liar; fibber

1

prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering

3

-esque; -like; -ish

2

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

3

already; too late

7

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

7

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

2

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

8

for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

1

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

2

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

1

something; some kind of; for some reason

2

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

8

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

2

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

2

to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

1

to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

1

to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

4

to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air

2

crater; pockmark

7

to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone

1

showering with blows

1

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

4

to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound

4

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

15

among (them); of (them)

3

to write the kanji for "person" on one's hand three times and mimic swallowing them (as a technique for calming one's nerves)

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

2

crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

3