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to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

3

civil official

1

off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant

1

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

3

guidance; leadership; leading the way

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

2

to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about

1

irresponsibility

1

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

3

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

1

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

1

full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

1

fear; terror

1

disappointment; despair

1

to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle

1

nonresistance

1

raid; assault; attack

1

front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)

1

to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

2

desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving

1

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

1

ideal; ideals

2

to pursue

1

no matter how much time passes

1

fantasy; illusion; vision; dream

3

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

2

dependence; reliance

1

to accuse somebody; to charge someone

2

overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

2

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

1

way one walks; one's walk

1

stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation

1

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

1

future trouble

1

handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering

2

strong opposition; vehement opposition

1

conditionally; with conditions attached

1

sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen

1

to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

1

partner; pal; accomplice

3

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

1

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

4

in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

3

to tear off; to rip off

1

to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

1

to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

1

rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite

2

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

1

to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess

1