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shield

1

(written) appeal; circular; manifesto; encouragement; encouraging words; letter of encouragement

1

banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping

2

whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

1

practical problem; practical matter

1

police drama (television); detective drama

1

mass production

2

taking refuge and waiting (for the danger to pass); waiting (on a siding) to let another train pass

1

to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination

2

clothes

5

to wear out

3

(smelling) strongly; pungently; angrily; furiously; indignantly

3

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

5

monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance

1

child of the times; modern kid; kids of today; with-it youngster

2

darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

1

surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play

3

performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment

1

to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of

1

practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)

1

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

2

to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up

1

to be thrilled; to be excited

2

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

1

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

1

features; looks

1

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

1

person who died for a cause; guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection

3

here and there; everywhere

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

race (of people); type of person

2

to bend (a piece of wood, etc.); to bow

4

dear

1

indirection; indirectness

1

warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat

2

used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous

2

descendant

1

to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

6

agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting

2

collaboration

1

synergy

1

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

1

fighting sport; combat sport; martial art

1

(small) stone; rock; piece of stone

1

to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)

1

widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally

2

to fight each other

3

dark night; moonless night

1

to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

1

supply; provision; service; supply

3