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wishes of a deceased person; dying wish

2

rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering

1

betting; gambling

1

sweet and sour; bittersweet

1

DNA test

3

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

1

to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question

1

to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

1

hair root

1

some days; several days

2

expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent

1

play; drama

2

to be in focus; to come into focus

1

awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

1

to bawl; to cry; to scream

1

regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)

5

racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious

2

fantastical idea; fanciful notion; bizarre thought

1

to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into

1

cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting

1

Pandora's box

1

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

1

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

5

keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term

1

misleading

5

ham actor

1

to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design

1

(in) one's own way

1

dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy

1

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

1

whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence

2

lifelike; exact resemblance

1

shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

1

military service; combat experience

1

appearance; figure; shape; form

3

spot the difference (puzzle); photo hunt

1

kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name

11

katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

3

family register; census

1

Yuuki

1

Hiroki

1

left of center (politically); left-leaning; tending to the left

1

secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)

1

concealment

1

to have a name entered in the family register

1

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

2

out of bounds; beyond the pale

1

first love; puppy love

3

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

1

double feature (movie)

2