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magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio

1

capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp

3

oh; ah; I'll be darned

1

visitor; caller

1

armor; armour

8

coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

1

zooming in; close-up

2

cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)

2

getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

4

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

1

surrender

1

to become vulgar; to coarsen

1

with a whoosh; quickly (moving); instantaneously

1

to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)

1

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

3

orichalcum

2

right in half

2

double-edged; double-edged blade

4

fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)

7

praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)

1

Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

1

just above; right overhead

2

metal

2

to break through; to penetrate; to pierce

1

blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

4

to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

5

leopard (Panthera pardus)

1

to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

1

circuit; line

2

(a) few; some; several

2

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

3

to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A

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fierce animal; beast of prey; big game

2

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

7

myth; legend

3

entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

3

evil spirit; demon; devil

1

to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

3

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

2

extermination; expulsion; destruction

1

in order to do; for the purpose of doing

2

enemy attack; enemy raid

1

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

4

circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)

1

what number

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urgency; emergency

1

noise

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to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

1

unbelievable; incredible; implausible

1