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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

9

arm; skill; efforts; ability

8

dealt hand consisting of one 20-point card and six 1-point cards; outstanding; standing out above the rest

2

actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

15

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

2

to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)

1

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

1

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

1

superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

5

intelligence gathering; information gathering

2

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

4

active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

1

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

5

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

8

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

3

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

12

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

4

blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)

2

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

4

tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

3

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

1

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

29

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

7

to bear fruit

1

a few years ago; some years back

1

restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

4

(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge

3

death penalty; capital punishment

1

victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

1

to put to trial; to argue in court

1

to occur; to happen

4

innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

1

release; liberation; acquittal

2

backroom deal

1

accurate; correct; precise; exact

4

amnesty; pardon

4

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

1

conviction; belief; confidence

2

real intention; true motive; true meaning

1

to ascertain; to check; to make sure

4

interior; inside; internal

1

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

1

dozens; scores of; decades

1

bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery

1

anyone can see that; it's obvious that

1

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

6

whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

2

intention; idea; inclination; wish

1

small fraction; small proportion

1