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balance

1

to mix; to stir; to blend

2

a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

1

admiration; wonder; astonishment

1

smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft

4

to die; to lay down life's burden

2

reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy

1

to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out

2

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

3

datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin

1

to surge (water or waves)

2

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

2

flow

1

to cover fully; to wrap around

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

2

describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

1

stress

3

explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring

3

succeeding; following; trailing; next

2

point in time; occasion

3

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

2

special; extraordinary

1

reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

4

to be shrouded in mist

1

calm; composed; leisurely

5

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

3

to do so; to do thus

2

high; high school

2

training; drill; practice; discipline

2

oh, yes?; really?

1

bronze statue

1

to raise the bar

1

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

1

main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank

2

entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

2

these guys; these fellows

1

(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act

2

to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

1

squeaking (of an engine, skis on snow, etc.)

1

gliding (through the air)

1

to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open

1

novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person

6

to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

1

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

1

as planned

1

battle formation; military formation

1

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

2