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to feel a chill run down one's spine

1

representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney

1

Kizaki

1

draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish

1

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

8

pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia

2

sentence; verdict; pronouncement

2

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

4

faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true

7

an eye for people; the ability to judge character

1

to have one's knees be about to give way

4

quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire

1

wind noise

1

next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence

1

counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets

5

loading; charging; filling

4

firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship

13

hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)

1

to begin shooting; to shoot out

2

by the window

1

windpipe

2

splinters of glass; glass shards

1

(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed

2

start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

2

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

6

to suck (or draw) out; to aspirate

2

to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)

1

mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death

1

exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

1

the senses; sensuality; carnality

1

undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow

1

regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts

3

to bite at; to snap at; to sink one's teeth into

1

to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile

7

to gaze out at; to look out over

1

watch-keeping; guard; lookout

1

backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser

1

to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand

2

you (plural)

1

belligerent; warlike

2

orange tabby (cat)

8

young person; inexperienced person; novice

1

to be among the top five; to be one of the five best

1

gunpowder; powder

2

natural (ability)

2

correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform

1

to beat into shape

1

school gate

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to pick a fight

1

completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp

1