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cluster of trees; grove; thicket

2

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

2

to fall down; to fall over; to roll; to tumble; (arch.) (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret

2

meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence

2

white vegetables or fish simmered without soy sauce

1

to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict

3

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

4

to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...

11

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

1

sweeping sideways; mowing down

1

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

3

beast; brute; animal

6

to leap back; to jump back

1

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

2

true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses

2

shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

2

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

1

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

2

to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

1

orange (color, colour)

1

mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)

2

to set on end (hair, fur, etc.); to make stand on end; to bristle; to ruffle (up); to raise (one's eyebrows)

1

lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine

1

goat

1

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

1

snake; serpent; large snake

5

tail (of an animal); tail end; tip

1

fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

1

legendary beast; magical beast

11

chimera; chimaera; chimera; chimaera

5

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

1

artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

1

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

2

going feral (of a species); reverting to wild; escape

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

6

audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level

1

ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

2

monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding

2

of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

5

to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into

1

to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself

5

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)

2

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

15

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base

1

opposite side; opposition

2

pebble; small stone

2

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)

3

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

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