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hey; listen

2

in bad taste; problematic; of poor character

2

boomerang; swim briefs; Speedos

1

to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it

1

transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety

16

large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive

2

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

middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)

5

tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo; mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams

1

opening (of a bottle); broaching; beginning; opening; commencement (e.g. of sales)

2

warship

3

substitution

4

strictly speaking

1

to glance at; to glimpse

3

to rack one's brains

1

to trace back to (the origins of something)

1

to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble

5

a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action

3

without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat

1

extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super

5

to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

1

bashful; shameful; ashamed

8

unconscious; senseless

2

to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care

1

this and that; one thing and another

3

know-how

2

physical labor; physical labour; manual work; drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power

1

in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way

3

deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall

1

omniscience (of a buddha)

1

I don't know

2

dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner

5

cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink

1

to gradually rise

3

transport; transportation

2

producer; director

1

omnivorous

1

using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can

1

crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something

1

union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration

6

iron (content)

1

working without pay; free service; work for nothing

1

thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing

1

to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

3

magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand

1

fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way

3

short-term

2

all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain

2

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

2

to be dampened; to be discouraged; to be weakened; to be reduced

1