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request

1

sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug

2

cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)

1

sensual; sexy; voluptuous

4

to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask

1

bread dough

1

choices; alternatives; options

1

stage setting; scenery; stagehand; sceneshifter

15

censer; incense burner

1

rococo

3

pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency

3

splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance

2

depths of the earth

1

pond

5

underground water

1

cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry

1

cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made

1

only recently; just of late

1

suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting

1

black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)

1

to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

1

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

1

(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment

2

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

3

best regards; please take care of; please do

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

13

conscience

2

recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)

2

after death; posthumously

2

intelligence; intellect; brains

1

major incident; major happening; big scandal

1

whodunit

1

important person; strategic person; key figure

1

aha!; yes sir

2

reflection; reflected light; reflected heat; glare

8

hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone

2

world; society; people; the public

2

a reclusive life; living secluded from the world; leading a sequestered life

1

nightlife; night amusements

4

indulgence (e.g. in alcohol, women, etc.); debauchery; dissipation

3

working feverishly; strenuous efforts; furious dedication (to a task); (arch.) having dishevelled hair; (arch.) fighting with dishevelled hair

1

boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

2

His Majesty the King

5

visitor; caller

5

himself; yourself; herself

2

burnt corpse

1

in this case

1

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

1

kindness; intimacy; friendship

1

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

1