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entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!

3

stumbling; failure; misstep; setback

1

security; guarantee; collateral; guarantee (e.g. of safety)

3

regulation

1

one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand

1

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

41

way of asking; way of listening; listener

1

interest; eagerness; enthusiasm

3

board

1

first game; first round (e.g. of a tournament)

19

quiz-like (TV) comedy segment in which participants improvise one-liners based on a given theme; last piece of the day (in a vaudeville or music hall programme, etc.); last-item comic dialogue

7

competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

8

table tennis; ping-pong

16

to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe

1

traditional; customary; conventional

1

skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity

2

earning the first (runs); preoccupation

5

poetry contest

1

peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)

1

nobility; aristocracy; peerage

1

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

3

equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival

2

unclear; indistinct; obscure; opaque; inarticulate; dim

3

participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.); exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)

20

ability; capacity; capability; physical strength

1

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

4

sumo wrestler

1

sumo wrestler; rikishi; strong man; Deva king

2

statute; law; act; ordinance; regulation

4

throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment

3

incubation; hatching

1

giant god; colossal deity; titan

1

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

1

tie; necktie

3

necktie pin

1

compensation; reparation

1

to gather in a circle; to form a circle

2

sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)

4

theme; subject; motif; theme for the Imperial New Year's Poetry Contest

80

camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment

7

wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game

1

lion (Panthera leo)

17

cage; pen; (jail) cell

16

rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)

2

pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly

2

family crest

2

large build; large pattern

5

call; invitation

2

divine; sublime; solemn

2

Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin

1