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well-known only to those in the know; well-known but to the few; well-known to a connoisseur

1

fifty; 50

5

right (to do something); authority; power

1

starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up

1

time; season; period; phase; stage

2

society; public; community; social studies

1

dawn (of a new era, civilization, etc.); dawning

1

at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of

2

living in the present

1

mankind; humanity

1

civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

2

chance meeting

1

historic; historical

1

unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

2

several types; several kinds; several species

1

quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift

1

stopping functioning; being out of service

1

established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation

1

few decades; many decades; several decades

3

adult male; man

1

five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold

1

a certain ...; some ...

1

height (measured at the withers)

1

grey; gray; ashen

1

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

5

quadruped walking; walking on four legs

1

type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention

3

similar to; like

1

to all come in (e.g. teeth); to all come out (e.g. seedlings, flowers)

1

wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer

2

looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)

2

bright red; bright

1

ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)

1

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

3

Cerberus

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surely (not); certainly (not)

1

wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around

2

idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn

3

to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

3

depths; deep part

1

to get strong; to gain strength

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

1

to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve

1

slime

1

weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)

1

exit and entrance

2

same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category

1

(about) middle; midway

3

having not the slightest idea

1