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doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

5

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

2

secret; private; surreptitious

2

self-satisfaction; rejoicing

1

laughingstock; butt of ridicule

1

ratio; proportion; percentage

1

both; both sides; both parties

1

victim; injured party; sufferer

1

petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled

2

memory; sense; experience

1

act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe

1

leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing

1

to feel ashamed

2

to comfort; to console; to amuse

2

to do for (the sake of someone else)

1

burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong

3

(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language

2

enemy nation

5

to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

1

looking over someone's shoulder

1

control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order

1

young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy

1

duty; role; function

1

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

1

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

3

practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection

4

ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)

1

(divine) punishment; curse; retribution

1

other; another; over; more than; I; me

1

examiner

1

cheating (on an examination); cribbing

1

helper; assistant; help; assistance

2

whisper; murmur

1

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

2

to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at

2

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

about this time; about now

2

scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick

3

upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class

2

to lead (someone) by the nose; to twist (someone) around one's little finger

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

4

example; illustration; precedent

1

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

2

soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time

1

exit; way out; outlet; vent

2

service; duty; work

8

blind obedience

1

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

2