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to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

1

winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying

1

(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

3

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

1

flash; brandish

1

knee strike; kneeing

1

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

1

dull sound; muffled sound

1

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

1

to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

1

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

1

singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares

1

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

that is to say; so that means

2

relation; connection; relevance

1

(a) few; some; several

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

6

sanity; consciousness; soberness

1

painting; picture

1

competition; contest

1

winning a prize or place (in a contest)

1

to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

1

commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph

1

from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

4

frame (e.g. picture frame, decorative door frame, etc.)

1

portrait of deceased person

2

bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent

1

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

2

pitch black

1

to take a breath; to take a short rest

1

tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle

1

coffin; casket

2

to turn a somersault

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

2

relative; relation; kin

1

acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

1

portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back

1

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

2

unexpectedly; surprisingly

1

to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise

1

busy; hurried; confused; flurried

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to detain; to check; to restrain

2

rooftop

10

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

1

injury; wound

1

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

1

good (condition); going well; fine; smooth

1

performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)

2

memory; ability to learn

1