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looking over someone's shoulder

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pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar

4

baseball

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ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

2

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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cloud of sand (dust, etc.)

3

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

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hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

2

with a vroom; with a sudden shaking

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wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer

5

beast; brute; animal

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seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

1

to have the nerve to

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Arnoul

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to smile (at); to grin (at)

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to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

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true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses

1

Kanna

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accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer

1

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

2

three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold

1

the West; the Occident; Western countries

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to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)

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pitching; pitching (of a ship, aircraft, etc.); pitch

1

follow-through

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pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest

1

clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record

1

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)

1

to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

1

stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)

1

tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)

4

to show; to bare (the teeth)

3

how; in what way; by what means

3

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

1

way (of doing); manner; method; means

3

refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

1

willpower; energy; vitality

5

absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

1

at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can

1

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

4

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)

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intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into

1

given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

2

camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment

1

over-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched

1

reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood

1

to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge

3

record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)

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alteration; falsification; faking

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method; way; manner; process; procedure; means

1