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to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)

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Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

1

underwater

7

breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor

10

-stopper (thing that halts or prevents something); -blocker; -preventer

2

three times

2

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

4

what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

2

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

1

star (actor, athlete, etc.); celebrity; star (symbol); asterisk; (celestial) star

2

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in

3

water's surface

8

all present; all concerned; all of us

1

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

1

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

2

to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake

2

in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail

1

at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game

1

fist

5

steam; vapour; vapor

2

lens

1

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

3

quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

1

easy-to-understand

1

to make a fist; to clench one's fist

4

than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above

10

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

1

to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

5

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

1

bathroom

2

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds

1

gunfighter (esp. in the American Old West); gunslinger; gunman

1

one second

2

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

one hour

3

dense; thick; rich (flavour, colour, etc.); deep; strong (smell); heavy

1

conversation; talk; chat

1

one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing

15

one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping

2

to get wet

1

good

3

rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken

1

flash; instant; lightning (speed)

1

fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...

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end; close; conclusion; termination

2

dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision

1

to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon

3

scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)

1

par; equivalence; face value; parity

1

to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure

3