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with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)

2

passing by

1

strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence

1

robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion

1

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

4

crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)

1

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)

2

to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

1

leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

1

(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

1

knife thrower; knife throwing

1

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

1

high-pitched; shrill

2

declaration; proclamation; announcement

1

person standing watch; guard duty

1

(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant

1

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

2

these guys; these fellows

1

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

4

meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet

3

tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

1

cheerfully; joyously; joyfully; happily; lightheartedly; excitedly

1

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

1

you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)

5

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

2

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

2

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

1

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

1

memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

1

to stare in wonder; to be amazed

1

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

1

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

4

eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance

1

carrier pigeon; homing pigeon

1

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

1

normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

1

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

1

even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on

4

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)

2

remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then

2

to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement

1

joke; jest; funny story

4

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

6

opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items

1