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pickaxe; pickax; pick

1

engineering works; civil engineering; public works

2

turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes

5

in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless

3

putt

2

sometimes; often

4

ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual

4

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

1

rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky

2

to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

4

is it?

2

physical work; manual labour (labor)

4

navy blue; deep blue

1

black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family

1

evening; dusk; sunset; nightfall

4

fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships

4

irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals

2

talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish

5

middle-aged man

14

co-sleeping; sleeping together

3

bonbon

1

producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other

2

well-bred; of good upbringing

1

easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable

2

character; personality

3

hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

2

young and cheeky; brash; sassy

1

wharf; quay; landing-stage; jetty

1

to think of; to give one's thought to

2

to be within one's capabilities; to be easy to chew

4

game; contest; bout

7

to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best

4

to appear to regret (an outcome, etc.); to seem bitter

4

counter for ships; counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); (arch.) counter for items carried in a bundle (e.g. fish, birds, arrows)

4

type of vessel; design of a ship

1

short and stout; small but wide around

2

galleon

1

merchant ship

4

chartered ship; chartering or hiring a vessel

2

expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by

2

worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated

1

wear; loss

2

to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match

3

to think (only used to speak of others); to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others); to honour the target of one's emotions

1

shachihoko; shachi; mythical animal with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish; roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)

5

imprisonment; incarceration

1

devoutness; devotion

2

confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself

1

one previous

1

wet nurse; nursing mother

1