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(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track

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habitual use; daily use

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decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation

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to talk to oneself; to mutter

2

starlight

2

operation (of a bus or train service); service; running; movement (of a heavenly body); motion; revolution

1

stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop

3

to pair up; to form a pair; to mate; to copulate; (arch.) to fix (an arrow to the string); (arch.) to place outriders on the left and right

1

lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly

1

hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)

4

important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition

1

to convey (a message, e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass along

1

overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out

1

outrageous; preposterous; most improper; most unreasonable; inexcusable; unpardonable

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to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

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to get conceited; to become vain; to get stuck up; to get a swollen head; (lit.) to become a tengu

2

to request earnestly

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to take someone down a peg; to cut someone down to size; to dampen someone's confidence

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Mueller

20

steel blue

3

a person without a single relative

1

white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; Belgium

19

grandma; grandmother

15

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

1

autonomy; independence

1

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

1

thief; robber

1

cold sweat

1

gill (unit of volume)

56

phone; telephone

1

brown; light brown; tawny

2

to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes

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famous sword; excellent sword

2

stealing; theft

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orphan; person without friends

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(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge

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cloth bag

2

Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back

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to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out

1

have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to

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master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent

13

complete loss of face

1

rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

1

tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit

1

tableware

1

anvil

6

hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman

10

workshop; works

1

skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good

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to freeze; to refrigerate

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