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to raise overhead

2

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

1

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

6

kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)

1

roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

1

vertical; perpendicular

1

to pierce

1

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

6

fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

2

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

1

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

2

half day

1

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

1

notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

1

strict order; peremptory command

1

like; as if; the same as

2

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

2

violation; transgression

1

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

4

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

1

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

1

proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

1

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

2

slime

4

crushing

1

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

1

husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

21

watchdog; chaperone; watcher

1

monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding

8

to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

1

killing two birds with one stone

1

to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal

1

class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy

1

to walk; to move forward; to make progress

1

object; body; solid

1

to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)

1

very interesting; of great interest

1

how; in what way

1

instruction; teaching

2

making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)

1

change; conversion; transformation; transformation

1

this time; now

8

jet black

2

to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around

2

stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)

1

to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

2

tactics; strategy

1

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

2