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to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

3

strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification

63

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

12

body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

20

armor; armour

15

to become better; to improve

5

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

7

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

11

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

13

to jump from one thing to another

1

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

4

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

9

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

13

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

10

moment; second; instant

36

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

15

pleasant feeling; good vibes

2

to breathe

1

irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

1

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

9

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

32

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

10

metre; meter; meter; gauge

31

Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

1

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

1

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

48

leeward; lee; downwind

1

odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

10

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

15

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

6

getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

3

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

1

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

7

to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors

2

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

4

-made; make

4

bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

2

big man; large man; tall man; giant

6

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

6

arrow; wedge; chock

13

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

51

(direct) hit; hitting the mark

1

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

11

wild animal

1

heart; guts; nerve; central part

2

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

second (unit of time); arc second

17

instant death

1