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prime of life

6

I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man

1

face

1

steel; steal (baseball, basketball)

1

sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

3

grace; favour; favor

1

to find fault with

7

pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing

13

every person; each one; everybody

4

hey; say; look

6

tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing

1

apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

4

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

10

to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss

7

bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

7

anti-imperialism

14

to play a leading role; to play a central part

6

school; sect; party

2

distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)

1

annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission

1

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

6

act of terror; terrorist attack

4

leader; guide; mentor; coach

7

one's person

7

exchange; conversion

4

imprisonment

1

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

16

to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

9

with a broad grin; smirking

2

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

10

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

28

to bind up; to tie up

7

to begin to fall (rain, etc.)

3

mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture

2

this is why; this means; it is the case that

18

what's what; heads or tails

1

steel

15

(the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list

1

coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

4

taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

4

to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

3

to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

11

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

3

disguise; masquerade

4

word game; wordplay; playing with words

1

closing; closure; shutdown; lockout

4

snake; serpent; large snake

13

link; directory entry; rink

6

to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

2

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

2