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to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded

1

to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

1

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

1

to kick down; to defeat

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to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)

2

concrete

1

assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb

2

major (JGSDF)

4

drunkard; heavy drinker; boozer

1

amenity

1

substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)

1

opinion leader

1

interested person; volunteer; supporter

1

ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

1

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

1

lord; master

1

great commander; famous commander

5

nation building

1

good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)

1

eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view

1

(one's) interests

4

you; noblewoman; lady

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favourable wind; favorable wind

1

self-interest; selfish desire

2

to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich

2

day of disgrace (in Okinawa; April 28, after the day in 1952 in which the US occupation of mainland Japan, but not Okinawa, ended)

1

grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness

1

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

1

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

3

all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land; far and wide; (in) every port and harbor

1

factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions

5

kind; tender-hearted; compassionate

1

trust

2

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

2

after one's death

1

pigsty

1

godparent; first person to give something its name

1

godsend; gift from providence

1

useless; deadhead

1

tragic

1

to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution

1

turning point

2

to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)

1

course; curriculum

1

completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part

2

fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy

1

bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection

1

ringtone

1

taxation office serving a specific area; competent tax office; police station with jurisdiction for a precinct, etc.; competent police station

2

diplomat

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