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pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous

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to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

1

pterosaur

2

huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to

3

weakening; emaciation; decline

1

to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)

1

pert; tomboyish; impudent; (arch.) gallant; (arch.) chivalrous

1

notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged

1

foundation stone; cornerstone

1

rat guard; disk of wood on storehouse pillars, ropes, etc.

1

to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest

4

tree climbing

1

arch; home run

1

rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

1

to pass; to go past

3

seam; stitch; suture

1

dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion

1

aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight

2

inorganic substance

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organic matter

1

to support each other; to support one another

1

one's superior's anger; imperial wrath

2

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

1

historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend

2

to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor

2

idiom derived from historical events or classical literature of China

1

vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit

1

to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding

1

to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

1

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

1

let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

1

draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print

29

to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of

1

lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity

1

one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing

2

strenuous efforts

4

concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet

2

still more; even more; much more; increased; greater

1

polish; improvement; burnishing

1

copybook; model; pattern

1

shaking; swaying

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

folding one's arms

1

to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate

1

unveiling; debut; introduction

1

moody person

1

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

2

naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord

1

illogical; inconsistent

1

arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny

1