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to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

4

undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet

1

hakama; man's formal divided skirt

1

mendicant priest

1

miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

1

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

2

the whole country

3

to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

1

inaccurate; indistinct; imprecise; unclear; indecisive

1

representative; delegate

2

son

3

to want; to desire

1

very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy

1

Lucio Fulci

1

impure blood

1

movie director; film director

1

tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

1

apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

2

to date; as of now

1

to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to

1

meaning; significance

2

whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

3

secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen

1

theory

1

vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

1

ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly

1

nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...

1

to stamp one's feet

2

thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end

4

door chain

2

vine; creeper

1

circuitous; roundabout; indirect

2

to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)

1

foolish question

1

jam-packed (physically or of schedule, etc.); grinding noise; precisely; correctly (e.g. when working, etc.); acrida cinerea; oriental longheaded locust

1

running the whole distance

1

polo shirt

4

drying machine; dryer; desiccator

1

nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

1

spots; speckles; mottles

4

body fluids

2

patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering

1

stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck

1

to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

1

to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up

4

to gather strength; to take heart

1

sea of fire; sea of flame

5

to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to); to become earnest

1

at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice

1

drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office

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