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warming up; limbering up

1

earthen pipe

1

mud; muddy; covered in mud

2

to vomit; to throw up; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

3

voting system

1

egoism

1

Zappa

1

high waves; heavy seas

1

bathing (swimming) in cold water

1

(a matter of) chance; fortune (of a given time); force of the times

2

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

1

stark naked; nude

1

lift-up (seat, bra, etc.); facelift

1

less than ...; smaller ...

2

great talents mature late

1

demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour

1

war cry; roar

2

title match

1

broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens

1

subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea

1

nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich

6

kokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette

3

eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)

3

lost article

1

sweet rice jelly; Edo-period herbal medicine (used as an antitussive and a breath freshener)

5

acrobatic

5

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

1

straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)

2

sack for charcoal

1

squares and circles; square and round shapes

1

mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy

1

to hurl up

1

(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me

1

master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent

1

Tachiai

1

knowing; (an) acquaintance

1

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

2

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

1

Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

1

upper part; upper region; region above

1

line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup

1

cartwheel

2

somersault; looping-the-loop

2

awkward

2

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

2

to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

1

expansion; swelling; increase; growth

2

bitter liquid; (fig.) bitter experience

2

manufactured goods; finished goods; product

2

hair care

2