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point-blank range

5

Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

3

brachial muscle

2

simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie

2

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

4

helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret

1

transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance

4

carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually

1

cargo hold (of an aircraft, ship, etc.); cargo bay

1

childish; childlike; immature; infantile

1

dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

1

self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility

1

to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

3

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

3

dark green

2

the ocean; the great deep

1

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

3

widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally

4

my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

1

principal offence; principal offense; principal offender

1

underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

4

to rub together (e.g. one's hands)

3

frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)

1

to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly

2

easy to read; legible; clear

1

powerless; weak; lacking physical strength; incompetent; lacking ability; powerless

1

crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

5

ocean; sea; the deep

1

to make a speech; to address

5

end of the world; farthest corner of the earth

3

dense with trees; deeply forested

1

to fly in the sky

1

quite a lot

1

road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism

3

big; large; great

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

reply; answer

1

headphone; headphones

1

idea; plan

1

to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

2

violence; mayhem

2

laboratory

1

to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die

3

government official

1

eyepatch; eye bandage

1

removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation

2

to mistakenly say; to misspeak; to misstate (the facts); to make a slip of the tongue

1

hard to reach place; remote place

3

cellar; cave; hole in the ground

1

a reclusive life; living secluded from the world; leading a sequestered life

1