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to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

3

application; request; petition

1

acceptance

1

attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint

1

questionable; doubtful; suspicious

6

peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

3

to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

4

trend; tendency; movement; attitude

4

(arch.) true form of a buddha; land of origin

1

Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu

2

ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul

2

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

12

origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning

1

drunken (e.g. brawl); under the influence of alcohol

1

panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind

2

sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay

8

wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)

5

edge of blade

5

to point (gun at); to hold under one's nose

2

quartz; glass

1

bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

46

edged tool; cutlery

2

without permission; without notice

2

landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household

8

polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

1

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

2

to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)

2

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai

13

work (object) of art

3

one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

8

The Doll's House (play by Ibsen)

1

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

4

night chat; tale told at night; evening tea party (starting around 6pm); book of informal essays

1

tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)

1

account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters

1

rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

1

old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book

2

books; writings

1

clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt; strikingly apparent

1

plop; plonk; plunk; flop

2

to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage

3

the five fingers; leading five; top five

2

heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam

1

to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over

7

location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place

2

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

9

to welter in blood; to be covered in blood

1

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

1

to knead well; to polish; to refine

2