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what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

2

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

highest grade; top class

1

fist

2

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

2

irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

2

shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

2

eardrum; tympanic membrane

1

real intention; true motive; true meaning

2

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

5

second (unit of time); arc second

1

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

1

freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)

3

royal authority; regal power; authority of the king

1

decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

1

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

1

missing link (e.g. transitional fossil)

1

stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing

2

to push away; to push aside; to shove

2

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

2

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

2

grandchild

1

to frolic about; to mess around

1

that day; the very same day

4

to recall; to remember; to recollect

12

proportion

2

vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

2

gauge

1

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

3

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

8

humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners

1

to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

2

to jump at; to be attracted by

1

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

3

to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)

1

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

2

unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive

1

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

7

grey; gray; ashen

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

2

to become rounded; to roll into a ball

1

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

3

islands

1

protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval

2

to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

1

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

10

very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

1

to scan; to look over

2

intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness

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