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4

to break the seal

1

congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia

1

health problem; poor physical health; bad shape; feeling unwell

3

to be shrewd; to be sharp; to keep your wits about you; (lit.) to pluck out the eye of a live horse

2

political opponent

5

every quarter; all sides

1

stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit

1

the same person

2

energetic; vigorous

1

all; everything

1

to go into mourning

2

chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance

1

attendance; participation; presence

1

just now; a moment ago

1

one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance

3

obedient; submissive; tame; slavish

1

hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope

1

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

1

even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still

1

expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent

6

revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out

1

to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive

1

point where one has to accept one's fate; point where one has to give up; state of resignation; resigned state

1

resignation; acceptance; consolation

2

loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman

1

willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

3

rare; exceptional; extraordinary; unique; incomparable; unparalleled

1

use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

2

indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily

1

merely for form's sake

3

to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny

3

high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)

1

showering with blows

1

mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve

1

kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.); considerate; helpful; thoughtful; detailed; scrupulous

1

to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

2

improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low

2

have a pain in one's chest

1

freshwater lake

1

lake (in place names)

2

fishing industry; fishery

3

water transportation

3

snail's pace tactics; walking extremely slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings; (lit.) ox walk tactic

1

to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord

1

to fly wildly about

1

physical; relating to stamina; in terms of physical strength

2

one's days and nights being reversed

1

dregs; lees; grounds; pent-up feelings

3

splashing; sloshing

1