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to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other

2

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

1

to wait eagerly for; to look forward to

3

a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period

1

fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen

1

why

1

to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb

1

(with a) start; fright; alarm

2

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

1

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

3

uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual

1

same crime; being equally guilty

1

you; I; me; oneself

7

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

8

locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)

2

cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound

1

tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement

1

end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes

2

to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

1

breakthrough; great discovery

2

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

4

one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

1

to become thin; to fade; to grow pale

1

thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

1

Nobel Peace Prize

1

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

4

let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you

2

in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)

1

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

9

to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite

2

reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure

2

sound of a camera shutter; sound of water splashing

2

crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

3

bare feet

2

strict prohibition; ban; interdiction

1

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

5

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

2

to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance

1

tragedy; tragic event

1

leisure facility (e.g. amusement park)

2

waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

1

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

1

to become inverted; to become reversed

1

to jab; to hit; to punch

1

to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

1

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

2

distant

5

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

5

assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault

1

to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation

1