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shooting; gunning (down)

1

angle of incidence

1

notes; comment; remark; annotation

1

(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)

1

impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)

1

scattering (in all directions)

3

sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen

1

to throw away

2

twenty-six

2

Kazumi

1

to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

1

enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly

1

Satou

5

blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative

2

Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)

1

mixed race; mixed parentage

3

modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date

1

half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage

2

child of mixed parentage; mixed-race child

1

distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)

1

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

1

many times

1

votive picture (originally of horse)

2

pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

1

(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last

1

astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering

1

revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)

1

to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire

1

iron sand; magnetite sand

1

common; ordinary; conventional; customary

1

wink

1

eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view

1

mysterious; mystical

1

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

1

judgement; judgment; connoisseur

2

which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...

1

front row

1

complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation

1

leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew

1

to expel; to drive out

1

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

1

(someone else's) child; child; kid

2

grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person

1

in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces

1

rash; reckless

1

show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business

2

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

3

exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

2

grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching

1

gazing at (in wonderment)

2