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easy task; no problem

1

leader; magnate; bigwig; extremely large head

1

quiet; still; surreptitious

1

to mark the end; to spell the end

1

anxiety (about the future)

1

betting; gambling

2

banker (gambling); bookmaker; person who runs a gambling den; manager; boss

1

surefire way to win

1

management; administration; operation

3

gambling

1

earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)

1

betting on an outsider (in horse racing, etc.); taking a long shot; dark horse betting

1

magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio

1

to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)

1

large amount of money; great cost

1

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

1

rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power

1

fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer

1

to cut off the retreat

1

brute; savage; fiend

2

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

2

ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past

1

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

5

very good luck; excellent fortune

1

good (condition); going well; fine; smooth

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

2

it's over; finished

1

with a click (of a button or switch); with a snap; crisply; one (small protrusion, hole, etc.); single; shortly

1

slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery

1

to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

1

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

2

to be able to eat; to be able to swallow

1

execution

1

feeling; sensation; mood

1

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

1

to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of

2

basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)

1

peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)

1

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd

1

delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy

1

innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded

1

myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

1

even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

1

dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

1

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

1

(a) look; gaze

2

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

1

heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

1

small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt

1