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all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered

2

to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

1

destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe

1

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

1

to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

2

simple; easy

1

to think of; to come up with

1

overwhelming

3

reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

1

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

1

my; our; one's own

2

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly

1

to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head

2

to become better; to improve

1

pride

1

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

4

analysis

1

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

1

most of all; extremely; supremely

1

in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

1

card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game

4

compared to

1

settlement; solution; resolution

1

testimony; (verbal) evidence

3

break in the deadlock

3

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

1

persuasion

1

to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree

1

to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death

1

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

1

evasion; avoidance

1

ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea

2

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

1

magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell

3

once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years

1

once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime

1

strongest

1

one's own child; one's own children

1

one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn

1

privilege; special right

16

to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw

8

royal family

5

tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing

1

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

1

in its entirety; whole; wholly

1

extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)

1