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gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester

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bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

2

wise; clever; smart

3

shedding tears

1

retirement; resignation

6

in front of a grave

11

to take revenge

1

disciplinary dismissal (discharge)

4

to come to nothing; to be wasted; to fall through; to end without result

1

life plan; plan for one's life; planning one's life

1

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

1

kitchen garden

1

beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

6

police identification card

7

to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous

2

steady; sound; reliable; solid

1

forked road; crossroads

6

taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

1

form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode

2

to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame

4

fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-

3

to be answerable (for); to take the blame

2

taking responsibility

1

change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

3

purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions

6

salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation

7

the whole life

1

Kuraudo

2

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

8

conflict; complication; troubles; discord

1

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

9

to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil

2

good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

1

to be hesitant; to feel timid

3

rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous

1

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

2

arrogant; haughty; insolent

2

oldest person

1

to extol; to give praise

3

to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)

2

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

long time; many years

9

to pursue

2

to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)

1

as soon as; right after

2

off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant

1

comedy; funny show

7

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

1

you could say; you might say; verging on the

2

fake; something false; sham; deception

1