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hand-to-hand combat; fighting at close quarters; close combat

2

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

3

clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)

1

thief; robber

1

future trouble

1

working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains

1

a fortune

1

without

1

having serious consequences; costing dearly; cannot get away with it; for free; for nothing; easily

1

taking someone around; guidance; (arch.) parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)

1

grudge; ill will; enmity

3

to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted

1

to prowl after; to keep watch on

2

cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous

2

punishment; penalty

1

all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation

2

to walk around; to travel around

2

look of triumph

1

rack (torture device)

2

stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump

1

pincers; nippers; pliers

2

shrieking; squealing; screeching; chattering (e.g. of a monkey); chittering

1

to go into the minutest details

1

brand (burnt-in mark of identification); branding iron

1

symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code

2

(walking) pigeon-toed

1

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

6

as is habit; the way life normally is

1

means; way; method; measure

7

obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see

2

point in time; occasion

1

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

9

dealing with; coping with

1

what day; how many days

8

around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now

4

to hide; to lie motionless in hiding

1

20th day of the month; 20 days

1

arrival

10

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

5

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

2

dark night

3

hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible

1

hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression

11

castle construction; building a castle; fortification

1

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

2

facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)

4

underbrush; undergrowth

2

camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade

4

to fix one's eyes on; to stare intently at; to study carefully (with the eyes)

1

above-ground floor; ground floor

1