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to be transparent; to leave a gap

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to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

5

to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe

1

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

1

to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do

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to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)

5

opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset

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to appear uneasy; to appear anxious

2

to be bound (by feelings); to be fettered (by); to be overcome (by); to be moved (by); to be touched (by)

4

to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces

1

anxiety; concern; fear

1

I; me

1

seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

1

linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction

3

to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish

8

northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland

1

walking; walk

1

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

21

unrealistic; impractical; infeasible; unreal

3

rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji); wrestling ring; dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position

3

elderly woman; noh mask of an old woman

2

oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance

9

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

13

to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

1

to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

1

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

1

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

2

there; over there; that place; yonder; you-know-where

1

rook; fly ball

1

coin; token; slug

1

table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor

4

to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)

1

lullaby

2

shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

2

to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after

1

to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

4

myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

1

temple bell; hanging bell; funeral bell

3

penmanship; calligraphy

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washi; Japanese paper

2

character written by brush; brush-stroke character

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(clenched) fist; knuckles

2

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

3

serious injury

2

slug

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intestines; bowels; entrails; guts; placenta (of a pumpkin, melon, etc.); fibrous pulp

6

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

2

winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously

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