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sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal

2

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

3

cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)

2

in public; in company

1

to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

1

candle

5

doctor; physician

8

to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed

1

firstborn; first child; eldest child

1

stillbirth

7

whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

2

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

2

person of doubtful origin

1

pregnancy; conception

1

bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending

1

to go on reading

1

childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)

1

to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

1

to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

3

the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings

7

having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance

2

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

1

this and that (esp. complaining or protesting); something or other

1

to give a reason

1

infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)

2

anguish

1

father and child; father and son; father and daughter

1

to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time

1

Masako

1

Son of God; child of an emperor

1

to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer

1

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

2

ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful

2

to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

3

with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)

3

divorce

1

formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

1

first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)

1

to exert oneself; to make efforts

1

to kill

1

spy; secret agent

1

seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement

1

cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

1

exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment

1

card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game

4

to appear all together; to be all present

1

half a lifetime

1

unhappy; sad; gloomy

1

right lobe

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