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crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult

6

gurgling (e.g. of water); burbling; bubbling; glugging

3

to pretend; to feign

2

cut; notch; incision

1

underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

1

to complain; to lodge a complaint

3

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)

4

to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)

1

face of a dead person

1

riding fast; driving a horse fast

1

impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal

1

vassal; retainer

3

gesture; gesticulation; motion

1

magnet; compass

1

liver

1

spleen

2

to be injured; to sustain a wound

3

mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity

3

sincere; honest; faithful

6

to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

3

to find fault with; to question

2

explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

1

younger sister

2

during absence from home

2

locked room; secret room

1

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

4

to uncover; to solve; to reveal

1

little grey cells (in reference to Hercule Poirot's catchphrase); intellect; brainpower

2

chivalrous spirit; chivalry

1

carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone

1

arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

1

great scholar; profound scholar

1

fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life

1

plate (e.g. nameplate, license plate); plate (dish); (tectonic) plate; (home) plate; pitcher's mound; plate; plate

1

going through; going via; going by way of

2

limited express train

2

rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit

1

readiness to cooperate; framework for cooperation

1

unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently

2

long journey; long trip

2

taking up a new post

1

(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)

3

erectile dysfunction; effective dose; elemental diet; ending theme; end title sequence

1

General Electric; GE

3

bird; bard (esp. as a character class in role-playing games)

1

cage

1

(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

2

pannier (clothing); hoop skirt

1

multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of

1

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

2