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tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

2

tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

15

20th day of the month; 20 days

1

to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one

2

dispersing; vanishing

2

riverside; riverbank; edge of a river

1

if it is not ...; if it does not ...

1

cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot

2

thick; bulky; massive; heavy

3

double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife); double-edged blade

1

time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job

1

experienced; already had an experience (with something)

1

capacity; volume; capacitance

1

folding one's arms

2

and then; and so; and; so then

2

splashing; sloshing

2

crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally

1

foreign country

1

looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

1

impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)

1

close-cropped hair; shaven head

2

hostility; enmity

3

to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

1

hateful; detestable; loathsome

1

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person

1

to take the form (of); to assume a shape

1

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter

3

shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience

1

beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously

1

cage

1

flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

1

to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch

1

to mediate; to intervene

1

shut up!; be quiet!

2

person of common sense; common sense man

1

to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

1

to side with (someone); to support (someone)

1

to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate

1

to convey one's thoughts

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

1

son

1

to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut

4

reluctantly; unwillingly

2

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

3

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

4

to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed

3

surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in

10

weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight

5

to go; to come

2