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to head towards; to direct one's steps to

15

without doing ...; don't

2

to become weak

1

veil of darkness; curtain of night

1

number-withheld phone calls

2

to have a smattering knowledge of

1

physical labor; physical labour; manual work; drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power

1

to be itching to put one's skills to use

1

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

3

partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse

6

use of force

1

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

3

elixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China)

1

woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

1

calendar-construction rules

1

life or death; existence; destiny

1

one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of

4

branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue

6

celestial globe; armillary sphere

1

to overlap

3

new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer

2

astronomical observatory

28

another; different; separate; discrete

1

god of war; war hero (who died in battle)

1

guardian deity

15

medical equipment

6

inside the House; inside the Diet; inside the hospital

2

skeptical; sceptical; incredulous

2

gimmick

4

unexplained; unsolved; unclear

1

one element; one factor

1

wrong number

1

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

2

Japantown; Little Tokyo

13

tending to anemia; being somewhat anemic

1

to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge

2

moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative

3

expression; look; countenance; face

6

prosaic

1

to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion

2

deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end

1

something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

3

unsolved; unresolved; unsettled; pending; outstanding

2

changing for the better

8

Peter; Petre

1

official business; government business; public business; public use; government use

1

common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known

1

North Pole; the Arctic

2

on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)

3

while alive; during one's lifetime

5