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to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

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threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

3

reaction; response

7

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

2

you (plural)

1

to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out

1

rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds

1

log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)

1

big arm; brawny arm

1

paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor

8

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

4

limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

1

to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in

1

to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

2

you; I; me; oneself

1

spy; secret agent

1

manager; executive

1

to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered

1

slip; skid; slip (i.e. petticoat); slip (of paper); Serial Link IP; SLIP

2

shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)

1

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

falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset

1

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

1

to pick up; to pick out

1

to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

1

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

1

person; member

1

no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents

1

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

2

by sheer strength; by brute force

1

to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude

1

to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

1

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

5

second floor; upstairs

1

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

1

curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar

1

flax color; flax colour; beige; ecru

1

Asian hazel (Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii); Siberian hazel

1

one's twenties

1

(one's) figure; build; physique; style

1

qipao; cheongsam; mandarin dress

2

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

5

to wear extra clothes; to dress formally

2

barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band

1

to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out

1

beautiful face; good looks; beauty

1

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

1

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

3

to approach; to draw near

1