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manufacture; production

1

ordering (materials); placing an order; order

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

2

(black) magic; witchcraft; sorcery

1

the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly

2

physical science

1

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

1

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

4

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

1

half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage; half (of a game); halfback; 9-hole half (of a round)

5

general term; generic name

1

money; cash

1

sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen

1

to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)

1

hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope

1

straw

1

with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

1

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

1

to complain; to lodge a complaint

1

nose

3

small talk; chat; gossip

1

aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn

1

immediate reply

1

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

6

hair (on the head); (a) hair

1

doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man

1

paper mat

1

cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon; positive and negative (magnetic poles, electric terminals, etc.); cathode and anode

1

shikigami; spirit used by onmyōji sorcerers

1

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

5

regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

1

Hiki

3

seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture

1

fingerboard; fretboard

1

other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha

2

bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh

1

combat power; fighting strength

1

dependence; reliance

1

to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree

1

(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)

1

kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer

2

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

1

radius

1

500; five hundred; many

1

within; inside of; less than

1

only; merely; but; no more than

1

imitation; fake; sham

1

smoothly; easily; readily

1

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

2

sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious

2