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unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

6

similar

2

baseball

2

table tennis; ping-pong

1

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

8

sphere; counter for balls

1

(not) even; (not) any

1

heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed

2

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

6

one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

3

advice

2

with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff

3

flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

2

with these words; while saying

8

turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)

1

han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand

1

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

1

usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

3

grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball

1

grip

1

to grasp tightly

1

underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)

3

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

11

structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

5

changing the world; turning the tide; torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII)

1

sword dance

1

six; 6

7

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

1

tendon

1

intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

14

previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age

1

head; brains; intelligence

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

10

spy working for the Edo shogunate; oniwaban

2

short sword; small sword

2

self-education; self-instruction; self-study

3

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

1

four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold

1

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

2

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

2

to remain; to be left

5

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

1

cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

4

soldier; combatant; warrior

8

like; as if; the same as

2

to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around

1

brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded

2

nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty

4

mis-match

1