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to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)

1

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

9

circuitous; roundabout; indirect

1

way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

4

speech; expression; wording; language

2

(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate

1

to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of

1

to burn

1

revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out

1

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

1

representative

1

root; source; origin; cause

1

to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

1

careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

3

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

slight movement; slight tremor; quiver

1

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

1

motive; incentive; motif

2

price; cost; value; worth; value

1

careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

1

to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger

2

to bend; to warp; to curve

2

trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause

5

to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)

1

to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion

1

to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

1

escape; getaway; evasion

1

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

1

stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan or project

1

even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless

2

to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking

1

to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention

2

good opportunity; chance

1

to fall onto; to happen; to befall

1

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

1

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

1

to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

2

mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

3

mistake; error; blunder

1

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

1

to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny

1

one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance

2

to disappear; to vanish

3

to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

2

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

1

to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed

1

in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

4