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good boy; good girl

4

play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

1

to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)

4

to scurry home; to run home; to fly back

1

punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)

2

unlucky day; bad day; evil day; critical day (for a crop)

1

to shimmer; to sparkle

1

gust (of wind); blast

3

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive

5

backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation

3

heat-resisting

1

coating

1

having a poor endgame; failing at the final stage; missing at the last turn; slacking off at the end

3

ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

11

disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation

1

annoyance; irritation; vexation; abdominal spasms; convulsions; cramps

2

limiter; (speed) limiter

1

to spring at; to leap upon

8

heavy oil; fuel oil

2

long and large; tall and large; grand; huge

4

tuning fork

3

to grasp tightly

1

crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over

2

everywhere; all over; throughout

3

ultrasonic waves; ultrasound

3

minute; meager; meagre; mean

1

beam

2

optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary

2

part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)

2

convergence point; convergent point

1

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

1

change in appearance; transformation

2

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

3

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

1

soot

3

cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold

3

to devote oneself wholeheartedly to; to sacrifice one's health for; to risk one's life

2

reluctantly; unwillingly

2

to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind

2

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

1

900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot

3

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

4

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

4

bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters

1

miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling

1

to do ...

1

tail (of an animal); tail end; tip

3

to set a trap

1

ponytail

1

favourite dish (favorite); favourite food

2