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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

3

to jostle; to crowd; to haggle

2

braided hat

1

roadside

3

wetting; love affair; lover

3

feel; touch

1

naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord

2

soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light

2

to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)

12

out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope

3

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

8

shaking; swaying

1

right foot; right leg

2

structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

12

to crawl towards; to creep up to

1

one side

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(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

1

to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits

1

groan; moan; growl; snarl; hum (e.g. of a motor); buzz

4

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

4

forehead

2

lively motion; throb

2

brunt of attack or argument

2

lower right

1

to do

4

skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through

1

surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia

2

back of the hand

5

to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

2

to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

1

huge rock; firmness; solidity

2

earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land

2

to be unmovable; to be well-established; to take root

1

water caltrop (esp. Trapa japonica); water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)

1

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

8

character style; character form

1

locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition

1

soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby

3

hostility; animosity; enmity

3

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

4

(just) one's imagination

5

residential area

1

to hatch (out)

5

middle of the night; dead of night; midnight

5

quiet; still; calm

1

bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible

2

taking turns on duty; being on duty at a daimyo's residence in Edo or Osaka

1

provincial dialect; rural dialect

1

loud (of a voice)

2

to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.); to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon); to breathe (new life) into; to inspire (someone) with; to put into someone's head; to record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)

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