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brass

1

operation (of machine); operating; running; working

1

disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)

1

water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema

1

to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

1

to cut; to prune; to trim (branches, leaves, flowers, etc.)

1

thin, dried strips of daikon soaked in vinegar and other flavorings

6

to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust

1

silkworm (Bombyx mori)

1

mulberry (tree)

1

cockroach

2

torso

1

hill; knoll

1

sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

1

token (effort); something done for form's sake

1

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

oratory; eloquence

1

to be strangled; to be constricted

1

ancient times

1

bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave

1

white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person

1

to scuttle off; to take flight

1

socks

2

in good shape; strongly built; in good health; having a strong constitution

1

disadvantageous; long (odds)

1

(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present

1

hoarse voice; husky voice

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

2

judo

1

end; close; finish; termination

1

piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

1

to bear; to shoulder

1

to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude

1

pulsation; pulsebeat

1

anguish; (great) pain

1

hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer

1

four sides; all sides

1

being sticky

1

getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

1

to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly

1

comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable

1

fear of death

2

(hand) towel

1

merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience

1

to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid

1

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

1

terminal station

1

to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to

1

criminal condemned to death; convict on death row

1

to detain; to check; to restrain

1