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to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first

2

how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...

2

to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

2

idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

1

self-destruction; self-sabotage

1

junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution

1

disorderly; promiscuous

1

to resemble closely

3

difficult to approach; inaccessible

1

orchestra

1

concert

1

chic; sick; thick

4

to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine

2

to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath

1

scope; valid range; coverage

2

to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)

2

byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression

2

to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag

1

to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu

6

monorail

21

loop line; (transportation) belt line

2

to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone

2

noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly

3

silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

4

grater (esp. the variety used in Japanese cooking to grate foods very finely)

1

reverberation; echo

2

navigation; (car) navigation system; navigator

4

to wring the neck; to strangle

6

(connecting) passageway; accessway; walk-through; skyway; sky bridge

9

ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

5

down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream

6

column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)

2

contours of one's body; figure

4

to be clear-headed

1

mollusc; mollusk

1

to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way

2

positioning; getting a position; taking a position

4

covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory

2

confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

4

integrity

1

straw rope

1

stitch

2

fan form; fan shape

4

motion

3

subterranean tunnel

7

to approach; to draw near

5

the sixth sense; intuition; hunch

3

sudden outbreak; accidental; incidental

1

iron pole

4

pentagon

1