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official announcement; proclamation

1

to be remembered; to go down in history

5

large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting

1

temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap

7

gallery; corridor; art gallery; upper gallery (in a theatre); spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)

4

five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)

1

limbs; arms and legs; body

5

question mark

2

helpful person; person who likes looking after others; overly helpful person; annoyingly helpful person; manager; go-between

1

the public; general public

4

(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)

4

to blush

1

guts

2

same year in school

1

signal gun; starting gun

5

goal line

2

to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for

1

subject; theme; motif

3

to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up

3

delivery; transfer; hand-over

5

subterranean rumbling; earth tremor

6

to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says

1

to call in; to invite; to bring in

4

nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

3

to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on

2

(romantic) trouble with women; calamities brought upon a man by a woman

1

one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

2

amino acid

3

black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice; charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables

1

soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy

3

isoflavone

3

addition; annexation; appendage

8

after a short pause

2

to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)

3

with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab

1

theologian

2

focusing (of light); convergence; gathering and bundling

11

Pluto (dwarf planet)

2

playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating

2

all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation

5

arbitrary

1

ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

1

scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting

1

under control

3

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

8

enemy nation

3

as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all

4

right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)

1

to give a reason

2

urbanization; urbanisation

1