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moment; instant

2

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all

5

to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat

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(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit

5

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

1

to throw away; to abandon

1

to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to

2

lawsuit; complaint

1

clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious

3

to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains

2

to depend on someone for food and lodging; to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position

1

the wrong hands; hands of evil

1

mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly

1

example; model

1

usually; under usual circumstances

2

to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)

1

image; idol; statue

1

living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)

1

strong pressure; heavy pressure

2

how dare you!; how can you have the nerve?

1

to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp

1

to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge

1

probability; likelihood

1

weak attitude

1

to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

2

to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)

1

centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance

2

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

2

to underrate; to make light of

2

God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows

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assertion; declaration; affirmation

4

to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

1

pure; clean; untouched; innocent

1

personification; impersonation; embodiment

6

to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell

1

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

7

rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

1

boiling water

1

to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick

3

to stab to death

2

No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)

1

excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence

2

to turn completely into; to become completely

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person who died for a cause; guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection

2

(not) in the least; (not) at all

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(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress

2

sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart

2

to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed

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ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

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