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reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

1

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

3

to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

1

to throw oneself (into an activity)

1

to hurt; to smart; to sting

3

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

1

plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking

1

as expected; as predicted

1

proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative

4

proposal; proposition; suggestion

1

to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on

2

number of persons; personnel

2

expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread

2

keyboard

1

touch; touching; being involved in; touch (of a painter, pianist, etc.); style (of writing, drawing, etc.); tag

1

to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided

1

character string

1

thousands; several thousand

1

tens of thousands

1

the human body; one's person

1

trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

1

list; wrist

1

grasping the present situation; having an accurate grasp of the situation

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

2

children; juvenile

1

woman; female; feminine gender

4

malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality

1

countless; incalculable

1

retroactivity; retroaction; being retroactive (to)

1

application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)

1

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

3

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge

1

dark brown; colour of tanned skin

1

wild beast; wild animal; brute

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

1

one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance

1

absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively

1

exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

1

justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation

2

super hero play; playacting as action heroes

1

to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave

1

remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks; middle of nowhere

1

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

1

absolutely; positively; decidedly

2

to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

1

to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled

2

old; olden

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to serve; to work for; to attend

2

(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback

1

soldier; combatant; warrior

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