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unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

2

sadistic

1

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

2

hegemony; leadership; initiative

2

doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious

1

father

1

blink (of eyes); wink

1

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

1

to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power

1

to be needed; to be wanted

2

emergency

1

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

4

intelligence

3

ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive

3

decline in attendance (shopping district, workplace, etc.); differing from a typical person; atypical person

1

accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

2

to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

2

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

1

to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

1

secret; secrecy

3

strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand

1

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

2

to get information out of a person; to begin listening

2

close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

1

to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

2

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

3

stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy

2

to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

2

postwar

1

during imprisonment; while in jail

1

commander-in-chief; supreme commander

1

memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child

1

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

1

to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

3

to turn one's face away

1

crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

1

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

1

birth; creation; formation

1

very small; tiny

2

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

2

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

2

last year

1

long time; many years

2

sworn friend

1

another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

words of praise; eulogy; compliment

1

still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

1

mother

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to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

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