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to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)

6

height; acme; extremity; end; limit

2

to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open

3

one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand

6

enemy bullet

1

factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions

1

dislike; disgust; disinclination; tired of

1

visit; inspection

2

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

5

outrageous lie; outright lie

1

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

5

correction; revision; redressing; rectifying

2

to take command; to give direction

2

in accordance with; according to

10

to be second to none (in)

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

2

showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable

4

to do as one likes

9

to provide momentum; to give a boost to; to encourage; to spur; to stimulate

1

how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage

3

to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in

10

glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble

5

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

7

to tighten; to press hard

5

to ask a question; to ask questions

2

viewing as a problem; problematizing

2

with that; on that note; altogether; ending at that point; cut off there

1

last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

3

muddy water; red-light district

4

dripping wet; soaked; drenched

3

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

3

bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting

1

Musu; Mus

1

to stop crying; to cry oneself out

2

to keep walking

6

sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

7

flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank

1

thick; dense; luxuriant

1

to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

4

breeze off a river

5

yellow; amber

4

pebble

4

one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)

2

socks

1

a pair (of shoes or socks)

1

pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray

5

cry; crying voice

5

to dawdle; to waste time doing nothing in particular; to fret; to sulk; to rain on and off

4

nasal voice

1

the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth

1