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to await; to expect

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checkmate

1

imperial court

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recent years

3

dilettante; person of fantastic taste

3

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

fortunately; luckily; thankfully

1

(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality

1

to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate

1

thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel

2

dirty; vulgar; nasty

1

charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement

1

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

3

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

1

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

1

childhood friend; old playmate

1

sense of urgency; feeling of high tension

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

taking (someone) along

2

whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall

4

army corps

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to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance

2

organization; organisation; forming

5

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

2

relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation

2

to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch

1

undertaking; underwriting; acceptance

1

bloodstream; blood flow

1

complete change; about-face

2

to lose one's way; to be at a loss

1

shogi piece

1

looking on (somebody) as hostile

1

military style; army style

1

dead person; deceased person

1

bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased

2

compensation; reparation

1

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

1

adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

2

respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

6

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

2

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

3

wide turn; detour; the long way around

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surface; appearances

1

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

6

history

4

to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer

2

to move to tears; to draw tears; to evoke tears

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mighty; powerful

2

sympathy; compassion; pity

1

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

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