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big and round (eyes, shaven head, etc.)

5

robber; mugger; robbery; burglary

4

to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex

1

sand; grit

3

(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection

1

blackjack

2

accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable

1

danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

7

to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal

2

art of self-defense (defence)

1

existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive

3

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

2

Muay Thai; Thai boxing

1

identity

1

personal; inter-personal

1

discrimination; discernment; identification

1

one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve

1

victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm

4

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

2

(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare

1

to run out (e.g. of the room)

1

house; building

1

to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby

5

toe

1

yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

7

obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

2

two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple

3

hair (on the head)

2

to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post

4

top of the head; vertex; parietal

1

to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)

3

Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding

4

patriarch; family head

1

Japanese-style house

1

absolute monarch

2

involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously

10

for some years

1

to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)

2

giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (somebody) strongly in a loud voice

2

vexed; irritated; fretful; shaggy; bushy; ragged

3

passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger

2

to find fault with; to question

2

(the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list

1

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

1

division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)

2

to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

1

tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan

3

antique; vintage item

4

wooden box; wooden crate

1