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feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

5

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

4

fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence

2

like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...

1

if; in case; supposing

11

with a vroom; with a sudden shaking

1

regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to

3

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

2

to get dry

4

laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

5

as (someone) says

2

heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance

9

great debt of gratitude; great obligation

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

39

way out; means to escape; escape route

1

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

2

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

1

(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly

2

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

6

to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

4

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

1

to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with

1

sublimation; sublimation (of an impulse); sublimation (i.e. transforming into a purer or nobler form)

1

breathing techniques; breath control

1

to be the case that

2

sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

2

live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

2

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

1

belief; faith; conviction

2

to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

2

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

6

determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)

2

rock; boulder; crag

2

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

2

extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)

1

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

5

with a thump; (hanging) straight down

1

to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service

1

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

1

justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation

3

hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation

4

charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity; brotherhood

1

to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)

1

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

1

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

2

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

1

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

1

bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

2

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

2

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

2