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very likely; very probable

2

front row

1

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

1

battle; fight; combat

3

(necessary) personnel; required person

1

intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

7

reality; actuality; hard fact

3

the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

10

surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard

2

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

2

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

1

passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle

4

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

3

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

3

sound; noise; (musical) note; fame

11

to ride upon the winds

1

sense of rhythm; rhythmical sense

1

baby; infant

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

13

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

1

to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces

9

heartbeat

1

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

3

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

7

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

6

windpipe

2

number one; item 1

4

with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly

1

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

3

as usual; as is one's habit

1

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

2

beginning; outset; first; onset

11

blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe

6

onion (Allium cepa)

2

type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention

1

market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation

1

to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal

5

to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)

2

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

2

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

12

corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department

1

six; 6

2

gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)

1

to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake

1

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

4

huge; gigantic; enormous

6

slime

1

family; relatives; dependents; household

2

fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

2