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ambergris

3

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)

1

teary eyes

1

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

1

reluctantly; unwillingly

2

nervous temperament; worrier's disposition

1

underestimation; undervaluation

2

gently; quietly; calmly

2

elder sister

1

gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

1

guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer

2

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

lust; sexual appetite

1

matchless; peerless; unequaled; unequalled; unparalleled; unrivaled

1

indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

1

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

2

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

1

be; is

1

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

1

the three princesses; three kabuki roles regarded as some of the hardest to perform

1

array; muster; line-up; full force

1

to stop; to quit; to put an end to

1

to cling to; to embrace

2

temperature; body temperature (human, animal)

1

feverish; enthusiastic

1

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

1

money

1

to vomit; to spit out

2

we

1

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

1

cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear

1

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

10

harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross

1

to harm; to cause harm to

1

pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

1

languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

3

invitation

1

having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something

1

reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

1

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

1

anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means

1

helplessly; reluctantly

1

either way; in any case; one way or another

2

freckles; buckwheat chaff

1

impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

2

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

1

to run away; to run off

1