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not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

4

striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

5

to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar

1

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

6

monolith; large slab of rock

2

to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

3

inn; tavern; basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies; basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder

1

shop; small store; business; firm

1

building

6

house to house; door to door

1

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

6

to machine; to cut; to scrape

2

is something that; is that which

3

skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

1

technique; art; skill; move

1

dim; gloomy

1

side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway

1

profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

1

back street; back alley; off-street

1

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

4

izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks

1

wine cask or barrel

4

signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

1

arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant

7

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

1

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

2

dilapidated house; deserted house

1

somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded

1

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

2

chair; stool; post; office; position

10

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

3

alcohol; sake

4

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

8

mercenary (soldier)

28

ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum

1

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

2

appearance; look; dress

1

to get drunk; to become tipsy

1

trivial; slight

1

quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute

1

to start; to begin; to commence

2

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

2

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

5

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

9

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

2

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

1

to occur; to happen

5

weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

6

corpse; dead person

2