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average; mean; balance; equilibrium

3

cooking; food preparation

1

planning; plan; project; arrangements

1

consideration; thought

1

please

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a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly

2

sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

1

background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

1

counterattack; slashing back; railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip

1

unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic

1

deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang

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fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

2

flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick

3

secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method

10

at work; in the midst of work; working

1

counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact

1

rather; sooner; preferably

1

also called

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that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the

2

Ishida Mitsunari (1560-1600; samurai)

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militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk

1

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

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Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605

3

battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest

1

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

1

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

1

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

1

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet

3

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

1

dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)

1

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

2

commitment; pledge; promise

1

mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control

1

(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy

1

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

3

video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)

5

blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist

1

harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment

1

one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route

1

out-of-school; off-campus

1

visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)

1

outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs

2

food and drink; eating and drinking

1

stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage

82

very low (deep, cold, etc.); ultra-; infra-; hyper-

1

saving changes (e.g. to a file)

1

hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm

1

top recommendation; something highly recommended

1

to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked

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inevitable; unavoidable; certain; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

2