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bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)

1

finally; in the end; on top of all that

1

blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)

1

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

1

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

1

seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement

1

home area; home town; local

1

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

1

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

1

now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns

1

offense and defense; offence and defence

1

Kerberos (computer security protocol)

22

intervention

1

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

3

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

1

and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time

3

bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess

2

second son

1

first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student

1

gang; gangster

2

team

1

office

3

railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

1

stronghold; citadel; headquarters

1

in name only; titular; nominal

1

money paid to the government

1

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

2

origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

1

business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown

2

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

3

king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

13

18; eighteen

2

in front of a station

3

Chinese restaurant

1

relative; relation; kin

1

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

1

Friday

1

evening; night; dinner

14

shopping street in the precincts of a shrine (temple)

1

breadth; width

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

2

to parade; to march; to walk in procession

2

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

1

brand items; brand-name goods

1

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

2

accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)

1

leather jacket

1

boots

1

simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved

2

focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

3