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to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

2

speech; expression; wording; language

2

casual speech; peer language; informal language

1

to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)

2

Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper

5

writing implement; writing tool

3

patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman

1

everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything

1

secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)

3

regular time; stated period

1

one's family; family member

1

growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history

1

father

7

grandparents

1

grandpa; granddad

2

living together (with one more person)

2

mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row

2

Inari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.); Inari shrine; inarizushi (sushi wrapped in fried tofu); scrotum; testicle sack

2

piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love

1

frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu

1

casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables

1

documentary

1

narration

1

stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause

1

kaleidoscope

1

jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

4

hospitalization; hospitalisation

3

leaving hospital; discharge from hospital

2

act of self-harm; self-injurious behavior; self-injurious behaviour

1

oneself; myself

1

child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother

1

dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight

1

to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress

1

to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

5

submission (wrestling, judo, etc.)

1

common sense; common knowledge; common understanding

1

fundamental; basic

2

locking technique in judo

6

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

6

(flower) vase

4

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

1

to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with

1

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

3

prey; victim

1

from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado

1

to be torn off; to come off

2

parabola

1

orchestra

2

performer; player

1