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to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

2

heart; guts; nerve; central part

2

real intention; true motive; true meaning

1

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

1

to talk; to speak

1

to grant permission; to give permission

1

room temperature

1

to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt

1

pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

1

brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

2

license; licence

1

exaggeration

1

to have repercussions

1

sore throat

1

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

1

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

1

advance; moving forward; progress

1

saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly

1

to brush off; to shake off

1

to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

1

circle; ring; torus

1

going upstream; sailing against the current

2

basis; foundation; grounds; authority

2

conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

1

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

1

on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

3

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

1

bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand

1

besides; in addition; also; moreover

2

to win; to gain victory

3

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

1

gossip; idle talk; chat

1

bluff; false show of power; bold front

2

to make a sound

2

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

1

to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict

1

fingerprint

13

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

1

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

1

monocle; lorgnon

1

golden chain

1

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

1

feminine; effeminate

1

scholar

1

otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense

1

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

3

Waldstein

1

particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest

2