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not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable

2

hiding one's embarrassment

1

(very) patient; persevering

1

to finish; to end; to close

2

second-rate; inferior

2

caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution

1

nobleman's illegitimate child

18

open one's eyes wide; with eyes open like saucers

1

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

4

jadeite

3

to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood

1

to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery

2

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

4

to cut off (a relationship)

1

ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making

1

nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade

1

to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard

1

section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing

1

degenerate; pervert; deviant

1

rhythmically (beating, e.g. gong); clip-clopping (e.g. horse); crumbly; ambling; strolling; dozing

2

melody; tune

1

injury; wound

1

to lay aside; to set aside

2

to be

2

extremely; terrifically; super

1

height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut

1

extract of Chinese wolfberry fruit

1

to exaggerate

1

to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble

2

floor plan

1

in fact

1

how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly

1

about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip

1

bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste

3

boiling water

1

bathtub (esp. wooden and bucket-shaped); small bucket used while bathing

1

to induce sleep; to cause drowsiness

1

name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext

1

superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic

1

unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool

4

little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

1

tolerance; broad-mindedness

1

modest; humble

1

contrived; false-sounding

1

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

1

if possible

1

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

1

pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

1

to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive

1

passive

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