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elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

2

to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one

1

a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment

2

to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by

1

princess; daughter of a nobleman

2

vibrancy; strength; one's prime (around age 30; esp. of a man); counter for cones or sticks of moxa burned on the skin (in moxibustion)

1

China; Han dynasty (of China; 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

1

to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff

1

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

1

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

2

to close (one's eyes); to shut

1

outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field

1

fortune-telling; divination

1

one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt

2

in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see

2

as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

4

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

4

fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner

2

intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

1

carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)

1

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

1

speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech

1

to jest; to clown (around)

1

to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse

4

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

2

talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk

1

source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring

1

hostage

1

pistol; handgun

2

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

family name; house name; family honour; family honor

1

howitzer

1

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

1

coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting

2

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

4

specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

3

Dirty Hands (1948 play by Jean-Paul Sartre)

1

eating together; dining together; having a meal together

1

to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

1

money; metal

3

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

3

moneymaking; earning money

1

displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

2

within ...; inside ...

2

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

1

fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed

1

suspicious

1

-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of

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