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saliva; spit; sputum

3

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

4

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly

1

revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)

1

helical; spiral-shaped

2

spiral; helix; screw

2

form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

1

that's a different matter; that's a different story

1

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

7

corner; nook; recess

1

to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

2

stairs; stairway; staircase

25

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

1

underwater navigation; going underground; going into hiding; travelling incognito

1

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

1

to run down (stairs, etc.)

1

upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs

4

to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

1

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both

1

to share

1

to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

1

at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove

2

candle

1

stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage

7

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

2

purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

1

busy; hurried; confused; flurried

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

1

tableware

1

to be sooty; to be stained

1

stove; furnace; kiln

3

place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

1

to examine; to check; to inspect

3

to lie deep in; to extend far back

2

storage room; store room; lumber room

1

thought to be; seen as

1

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

1

ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

2

to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce

3

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

17

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

1

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

3

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

6

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

3

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

12

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

second (unit of time); arc second

8

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

2

further; above; anymore

4