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drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink

3

ball of flames; mass of flames; body covered with flames

2

to kill

1

commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane

3

Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)

1

astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering

3

beauty and fortune seldom go together; the beautiful die young

1

declaration; statement; proclamation

7

sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic

1

provincial tour

1

targeting; aiming at a specific target; selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches; having no choice in a move (in mahjong, go, etc.)

1

extermination of insect pests; pest control

1

turnout (of people); start (of a race, campaign, business, etc.); beginning; initial charge; dash

2

carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually

1

secrecy; highly classified information

2

springy (texture); doughy; elastic

1

loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex

1

snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend

1

scattered; sprinkled; sporadically; snapping (of a thread, string, etc.); breaking

2

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

2

to worry (about); to be concerned (about); to have trouble doing ...; to struggle to ...

2

visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call

1

to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

2

to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue

1

masquerade (ball)

7

linkage; co-movement; interrelation; interconnectedness

2

effusiveness; gushing; shrillness

1

blanching; bleaching

2

be; is

2

to be widely known; to be famous

2

no matter what; whatever you say; in the end

2

outlaw

6

to have a terrible time; to have a hard time

2

loss by default; default

4

war renunciation; anti-war; bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers

3

return match

1

glancing (look)

3

headquarters

1

guys; fellows

3

relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital

6

hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep

1

amiable; affable

2

just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony

1

unskilled; incompetent; poor; bad

3

tune (melody, piece of music)

2

porcelain; baking by means of hot stones or pebbles

1

to entertain; to treat

2

stone tower; stone pagoda; tombstone; gravestone

15

mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

7

side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway

3