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dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

3

piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

3

for convenience; as a matter of convenience

2

to imitate; to follow; to emulate

1

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

2

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

5

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

1

way; method; means

1

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

1

to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

3

intercept; interception; counter-attack

1

somehow; somewhat; seemingly

1

good humour (humor); good mood

1

complete change; about-face

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest

2

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

13

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

1

insensitive person

1

cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command

1

secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)

4

-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure

1

permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize

4

announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

1

direct descent; direct line

3

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

5

to be the case that

1

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

1

(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery

1

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

1

both; (not) either

2

original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

1

improvement; reform

2

both; both sides; both parties

2

information; experience; knowledge; observation

1

the former

1

pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to

2

the latter

1

to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder

3

for better or worse; luckily or unluckily

1

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

2

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

1

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

2

incompletion; incomplete; unfinished

1

at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

1

seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading

2

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

1

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

1