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to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

4

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

6

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

2

impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock

5

speed of sound

1

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing

1

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

4

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)

6

to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)

1

sound; noise; (musical) note; fame

13

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

6

if; in case; supposing

17

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

4

scattering (in all directions)

4

in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that

2

battle; fight; combat

7

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

4

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

3

you can never be too careful; you can't be too cautious; better safe than sorry

1

to talk; to carry meaning

3

to grasp tightly

7

meeting again; reunion

4

tough; strong; tenacious

1

straight line

7

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

16

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

2

big; large; great

32

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

4

sudden braking; slamming on the brakes

1

huge; gigantic; enormous

12

object; body; solid

1

(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state

43

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

4

water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

6

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

7

language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

41

outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks

2

pitch-black; jet-black

10

counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face

1

light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy

5

daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese

1

imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry

1

to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

2

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

3

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

2

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

6

attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)

97

now or never; time's up

1

otherwise; or else; if not

3

discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

1