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doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

6

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)

1

wicked; evil

1

chimes; toll of a bell

1

indoor; inside the room

1

to drag out

1

black box

1

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

2

as far as I know

3

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

4

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

1

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

6

necessity

1

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

1

calculating

1

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

9

stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)

1

on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently

1

abyss; ravine

2

to look into; to peer in

1

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

10

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

8

derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible

1

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

1

contagion; infection

1

challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)

11

mistake; error; blunder

2

barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life

3

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

3

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

2

prize winner; pennant winner; victor

1

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

2

euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect

1

just kidding; Not!

1

quickly

2

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

3

how many; how old

1

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

2

to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least

1

student council

3

thirty; 30

1

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

7

time limit

1

presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation

4

ready consent

1

to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight

1

to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

1