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big tree

3

to wear extra clothes; to dress formally

2

(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

1

to shoot a person to death

3

body; frame

1

official letter (from the Emperor, Prime Minister, etc.); personal message; handwritten letter; autograph letter

6

to try one's strength

1

to be hesitant; to feel timid

2

grandstand play; grandstanding; showboating; showing off

1

permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

2

surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play

1

seniority; long service

1

both hands

2

confrontation; showdown

3

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

1

fit; spasm; outburst

2

20 percent

1

to pinch and crush; to pinch out

1

to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)

2

natural calamity; disaster

1

child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person

4

to be defeated

1

to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim

1

to be injured; to sustain a wound

2

fighting spirit

2

to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)

2

soap bubble

1

to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear

1

collision; clashing

1

to jar; to creak; to grate

1

tooth

4

to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

1

to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

1

(fine) art; the arts

2

size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

2

man among men; man's man

1

presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)

1

warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat

1

regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

1

to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

1

to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

1

tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)

1

founding of a nation

2

to blank out; to panic

1

for example

1

weight lifting

1

gold medalist

1

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

1

to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

3

wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent

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