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rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything

7

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

4

to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest

4

interior; inside; internal

10

solid; substantial; substantive; fruitful; meaningful; beneficial

2

to maintain (preserve) peace

1

to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided

5

to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

1

forte; strong point

1

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

2

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

5

to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute

2

to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease

6

value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction

2

surface of a board (shogi, go, etc.); (state of) the board; development of a game; surface of a record

3

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

1

war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

4

rebellious; defiant

1

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

2

true value; real worth

2

for the time to be ripe; for the moment to have come; for the situation to be ready for action

1

importance; emphasis; stress

1

opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

2

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

1

spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)

1

miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful

1

outlet (for water, gas, etc.); market (for goods); outlet; outlet (for one's feelings, energy, etc.); vent

2

to be charged with a mission

1

all you have to do is; just; that's all

1

without a moment's delay; at once; immediately; instantly; promptly; without hesitation

1

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

2

to be covertly swapped; to be replaced (e.g. with a counterfeit)

2

honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest

1

(small) stone; rock; pebble

2

thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

1

thought; idea; ideology

1

ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle

1

liking something; being partial to something; -phile

2

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round

1

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

1

root; origin; source; cause; basis; foundation

1

to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)

3

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

1

to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)

1

immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity

1

absolute

3

bad news; news of a death; death notice

1

good news

1

detour; circuitous route; diversion

1