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diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

1

returning tit for tat; retaliating

1

central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider

1

fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable

1

merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation

1

supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

2

to have a hard time of it

1

insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising

2

chopping board; cutting board

1

common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp

1

crime

1

to be based in (a place)

2

one's mind; one's heart; one's intention

1

on one hand; on the other hand

2

perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem

1

upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person

2

great man; great god; hero; big man

1

mashed boiled green soybeans

45

music; old Japanese court music; gagaku

3

to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance

3

inconsiderate; ruthless; merciless; lacking compunction

1

bow (of a ship); prow

1

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

2

strongest ever; most powerful in history

9

unloading (a ship); landing

1

climax; peak; zenith; apex

1

failure; futility; uselessness; x (mark); cross

4

to smile a smile of satisfaction

1

masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality

12

great; grate

39

victory song; victory

2

to cause a commotion; to create a big stir; (lit.) to invoke a storm

1

showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay

1

changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)

4

making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance

1

witness; observer

3

undertaking; underwriting; acceptance

1

show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business

1

suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt

1

unreasonable; absurd; irrational; very

2

burning curiosity

2

clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning

1

rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous

1

repair; mending; fixing; servicing

1

life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic

1

stillman; workman who attends to a still (of whisky, etc.)

18

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11

to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath

1

arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)

1