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contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

5

ill-bred; vulgar; boorish

1

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

1

(mouth) gag

1

leader of a group of juvenile delinquents

1

ignorance is bliss

1

navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

3

navel; belly button

1

to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory

2

to pout

1

to mediate; to intervene; to smooth

1

one-ring scam; one ring; disconnecting a call after one ring has gone through

1

several people; a few people

1

hi!; yo!; hey man!; hey dude!

1

call; invitation

4

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

1

suspicion; charge

1

smoking

1

power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour

1

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

2

suspect (person)

1

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

1

living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet

1

one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother

1

leadership; generalship

1

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

3

frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous

1

all (there is); as long as there is

3

bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely

1

tiny area; tiny surface; (lit.) cat's forehead

1

recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances

1

great storm; very severe weather; upset; surprise result; agitation; upheaval

2

rematch

2

armed struggle

2

the management ranks

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

6

small number; few; minority

3

source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring

1

a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

1

to have no chance (of succeeding)

1

complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow

3

to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at

1

rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point

1

chance (of success); odds

1

company fortunes; future of a company

1

the other day; lately; recently

1

general meeting

1

miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary

1

shortest

1

rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet

1