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handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation

1

sport; sports

1

match; game; bout; contest

1

Kintarō; Golden Boy; Kintarō doll; diamond-shaped apron

1

dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)

1

theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics

1

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable

2

to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

2

dirty work; unpleasant task

1

because of this

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce

1

insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith

2

one's own style; self-taught manner

2

ruling the times; holding sway over the minds of the people

2

start of a romance; beginning of love

1

to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp

1

feeble

1

intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

1

pity; compassion

2

dividing line; parting (of the hair); partition; crisis; decisive moment

1

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing

1

lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily

1

to keep to oneself; to keep secret

1

to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up

2

protective clothing

5

sun; sunshine; sunlight

1

outer canthus; outer corner of the eye

2

isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation

1

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

3

water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium

6

shade; shadow

1

to tell all; to give a full account

1

to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution

1

to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson

1

bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom

1

stepladder; steps

6

overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless

1

dealing with complaints; handling of complaints

1

to keep balance

2

asking oneself

1

screaming fit (of a baby); tantrum; crying hysterically

1

slap; smack; spanking

1

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

2

plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid

1

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

1

older brother; elder brother

1

pinpoint

1

to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)

1

Mainichi Shimbun (newspaper)

1

heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle

3