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easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk

1

workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

1

how many pieces

2

to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

1

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

4

secret weapon

1

to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)

1

coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay

2

beckoning

1

to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

1

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

11

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually

5

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

whispering into a person's ear

2

is that so?

1

communication line

8

second

1

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

1

start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point

1

holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

1

war; battle; match; game; competition

2

eleven; 11; jack

1

to leave

1

to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained

2

military shoes; combat boots

1

road; street; avenue

5

corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

2

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

2

to shed light; to cast light

1

to be main; to be principal; to be important

1

curfew

2

point in time; occasion

2

information control

1

to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage

1

continuation; continuance; going on; resuming

1

demonstrators

1

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

2

march; parade

1

rioters; mob; insurgents

1

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

14

development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life

1

armed might; military power; the sword; force

1

suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling

2

shooting incident

1

injured person; wounded person

1

one's home; one's house

3

to disappear; to vanish

4

public broadcasting (e.g. NHK, BBC)

1