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to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

3

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

2

straining one's ears

1

eardrum; tympanic membrane

1

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

3

goods; article; thing

1

affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

1

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

one's field of expertise; one's strong area

1

failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb

1

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

2

two thirds

1

there being no use in arguing (about it)

1

food

2

to handle (a thing) roughly

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

2

victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome

1

aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support

1

hub

1

mongoose

1

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

1

to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched

1

be; is

4

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

5

big; large; great

2

still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

6

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

2

and then; and so; and; so then

1

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

1

no way; no chance

1

gravesite; tomb

10

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

3

horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling

1

simultaneous interpretation; simultaneous interpreting

1

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

1

shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold

2

glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling

2

decorations; offerings; mere window dressing

2

unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

5

treasure; treasured item; prized possession

2

to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup

3

baby talk (e.g. "choo-choo" for train); words and speech patterns used by infants

2

poetic

1

to translate; to interpret

2

both sides

4

to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

1

suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly

1

to remove; to move out of the way

1