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obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant

2

close attention; (watching with) keen interest

1

figurative expression; metaphorical expression

1

India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)

2

to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

1

your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

1

demoness; witch; ogress; married woman

1

graceful; willowy; lissome; soft and tender

1

more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

4

to strangle to death

1

severely beaten up; repeatedly punched and kicked; thoroughly defeated; attacked relentlessly (with words); fiercely criticised; bombarded with verbal abuse

4

bloodshed

1

youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess

1

tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn

1

concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation

1

to be in luck's way; to get lucky

1

that; the matter in question

2

mangy cur; low animal; beast

1

to cut one's own throat; to dig one's own grave; to cause oneself harm; to bring ruin on oneself

1

stillness of night

1

deep-fried

1

to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun

2

(countless) stars in the night sky; stardust

1

to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with); to argue (with); to have an argument; to have a dispute

2

war of attrition

2

eternal truth

1

to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out

1

observing eye

1

replay speed; playback speed; refresh rate

1

colour and lustre; color and luster; complexion; colour; color

1

shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering

1

demon world

1

superior child

1

hard feelings; (mutual) resentment

1

Nichiren; Nichiren (Buddhist priest, 1222-82, founder of the Nichiren sect)

1

to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

1

to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

1

to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)

3

evil omen

2

governor; leader; ruler

2

top; summit; peak

4

crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received

2

supra-rational

1

pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

1

demon of ill health; disease

1

one cause; one reason; one factor

1

ticket

1

fish hook

1

to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

2

magic bullet; magic bullets

3