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to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon

3

dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment

3

to knead well; to polish; to refine

4

dark night

2

spell; charm; incantation; magic words

16

to flare up; to burst into flames

5

blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe

4

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

10

to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up

2

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

15

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

6

sparks

3

simple; simplified; easy; plain

5

power; might; authority; influence

3

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

2

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

2

fire; trace of fire; force of a fire; cause of a fire (lighter, match, spark, etc.)

1

water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema

2

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

4

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

8

to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate

3

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

1

middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)

3

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

39

Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

2

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); victory; strictness; cruelty

1

Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)

1

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

4

like...; similar to...; is like...; is similar to...

4

ritsuryō; criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models

2

to surge; to well up; to gush out

4

pail (for water); bucket; cistern; water tank

1

to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)

1

to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)

1

small bird; little bird

1

to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack

1

wood carving; woodcraft

2

paper, cloth, wood, etc. representation of a sacred object; paper doll used in purification rites

3

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet

5

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

10

two

8

floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star

1

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

3

knowing only one thing (and repeating it often); saying the only thing one knows (at every opportunity); repeating the only thing one knows

1

brute force approach (esp. in a video game)

1

not yet known; unknown; strange

2

to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)

1

one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

3

to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut

2

tactics

2