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pen-friend

2

therefore; consequently

12

seesaw game; back-and-forth match; match in which the lead changes hands several times

1

most recent work (e.g. book, film, etc.); latest work; latest offering

2

most important

3

middle

6

postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)

3

mailing; posting

2

sentimental

1

return of something; repayment

5

relative; relation

1

handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph

2

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

3

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

9

herculean strength; mountain carrier-guide

1

shogi; Japanese chess

5

playing shogi with a handicap of the rook and bishop; participating in a contest while missing key players, pieces, etc.

1

banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up

1

banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; eternal life and prosperity

2

to believe implicitly; to believe firmly

1

biwa (Japanese lute)

2

bungalow; one-story house

1

strange; curious; odd

1

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

3

permanent marker

3

invisible person (in science fiction, etc.)

3

preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

2

Houichi

2

side

4

preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

3

permanent marker

2

to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)

5

pen

6

to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

5

recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

13

(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance

2

springy (texture); doughy; elastic

4

very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread

2

eagle (Accipitridae family)

3

stroke (of a kanji, etc.)

1

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

5

to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other

7

ruin; destruction; fall

5

battery; cell

4

assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)

4

end; conclusion

1

to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)

1

half-nakedness

3

to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)

1

carrying (child) under arm

1