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well, I must admit ...

2

proposal; offer; request; application

2

no comment

2

inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

1

serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis

1

indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

1

words of praise; eulogy; compliment

3

embarrassing

2

ho-ho

1

motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination

8

early in the morning

2

acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

1

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

11

verse

4

polyethylene bucket

2

ordinary

1

ladle; dipper; scoop

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

2

sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked

1

need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist

1

wind chime; wind bell

1

to be splendidly handsome

2

handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

2

place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines

4

water for washing or moistening one's hands

4

to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

2

distance in a straight line

2

to mediate; to intervene

1

to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)

1

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

5

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

1

feint

1

break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

1

to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

3

complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

4

declaration; profession

2

remaining bullets; remaining ammunition

1

later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while

1

total war; all-out war

1

major war; great war; world war

1

sparklingly

1

wetting; love affair; lover

1

ordinary citizen; the general public

1

bathing (in a lake, river, or in the sea); playing in the water; playing with water

1

to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle

1

since then; after that

1

to get dry

4

hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste

5

changing clothes; change of clothes

4

good performance; good work; great success

3