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ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

2

icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

1

lock

1

by (means of); with

1

tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

1

trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

5

length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases

1

right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid

2

then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

1

external (hard drive, disk drive, etc.)

1

gross weight

1

stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration

3

asteroid

1

collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

4

to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life

2

severe earthquake; violent tremor

3

artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made

1

major earthquake; large earthquake

1

focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

1

digging out; excavation

2

drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)

4

being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed

1

emergency; crisis; imminent danger; Vulnerable (conservation status); VU

1

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

4

rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations

1

to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match

1

earlobe

1

pommel

1

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

5

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

2

close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny

1

use

2

to bite and tear; to bite a hole in

6

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

4

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

1

nimbly; lightly

2

large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)

2

serious; severe; grave; acute

1

rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering

1

to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to

2

prediction; prophecy; prognostication

1

lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

1

mysterious power of words to alter reality

6

to sidle up to

2

height; elevated place

4

to drag in; to pull in

1

evil spirit; demon; devil

1

spark

3

to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage

1