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measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment

3

rook

1

to be reminded of; to call to mind

2

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

masterpiece

1

animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime

1

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

10

to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)

1

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

1

oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

5

round shape; circle; circular form

1

saw; musical saw

1

certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

3

to fall backward

1

to squat; to crouch

2

completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow

2

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

2

two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

1

to look around; to survey

1

to order; to command; to appoint

1

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

1

to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

1

till just now

2

guillotine

1

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes

1

laws of nature; physical laws; physics

2

eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole

2

successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly

1

plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap

2

seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

2

preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice

1

trusting too much; overestimating ability

1

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

4

vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth

2

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

1

to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force

1

wetting oneself; peeing in one's pants

1

withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

1

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame

2

symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

1

title; name; degree

3

vehement objection; bitter opposition

1

two times; twice; two degrees

1

gun barrel

2

whereunder; thereunder

1

protector (e.g. chest); guard

1

vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)

1