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mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

3

pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)

1

playing in the mud; playing with mud

3

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

2

room

2

secret base; hideout; hidden position

3

to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

4

mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

8

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

2

exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time

1

rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power

1

proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative

1

translation; version (e.g. "English version")

1

condition; figure; appearance; voice

1

iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner

2

flaked bonito

1

to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

4

top secret mission

1

technical term

1

world; society

2

showing one's face in public; facing another person

1

winner; victor; conqueror

1

time is money

1

realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation

1

to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied

5

life and death

1

viscously; stickily

2

outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks

6

ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant

6

to draw in; to attract

2

time; age; chance; moment; occasion

1

preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence

2

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

9

keyboard (piano, computer, etc.)

6

unbelievable; incredible; implausible

2

shawm-like instrument played by street vendors (sometimes referred to as a flute)

1

curtain; hanging; bunting

1

useless; in vain

1

(not) a soul; (not) a single person

2

tee-hee; mmh (moan); aah

1

public order; public peace; public security; law and order

1

being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve

2

dead of night; midnight

2

in the dark

3

selfish; self-seeking; self-interested; mean

1

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

3

before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed

1

craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter

2

standard; set; routine; decided

4

course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy

5