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to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)

2

tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

3

career woman

2

highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

1

to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest

1

The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BCE)

1

illustrated

1

avid reader; bookworm

3

raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities

1

to fight to the bitter end

1

what with this and that; for a number of reasons

6

information; news; report; reward; retribution

1

to complain; to make a complaint

3

to grow old; to age

2

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

3

to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know

1

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

2

depiction; description; portrayal

1

good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)

3

to give a broad grin; to smirk

1

marriage proposal; marriage talks

7

to inform; to notify; to know; to reign

2

due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

1

having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source

2

formal marriage interview; marriage meeting

24

I've got to be going; I must go

1

inconvenient

1

cattail cotton; cattail fluff; bulrush down

2

with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)

1

grip (of hand); grip strength

1

to break; to smash

1

walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)

1

Hick

3

learning by watching others; learning by imitation

1

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

1

development; exploitation

1

drunken boxing; styles of Chinese martial arts that imitate the movements of a drunk person

5

high tension (as in electronics, etc.); excited; enthusiastic

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

4

riding ground; racecourse; racetrack

1

drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness

2

pinioning; binding arms behind the back

1

to grapple; to wrestle

1

one revolution; one rotation

2

to fling (away); to hurl

1

(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)

2

to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)

2

formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

1

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

2

body measurements

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