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time; appointed time

7

earning the first (runs); preoccupation

1

street vendor; peddler

2

(rock) crystal; high purity quartz

6

mantle; cloak; manteau

1

to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten

3

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

5

solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive

1

unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison

4

being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability

3

in fact

2

dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic

1

deep emotion; impression; inspiration

1

to take a load off

1

power; authority; jurisdiction

2

address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile

2

weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending

1

taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; taking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

1

doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own

3

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

2

tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge

1

cheap restaurant; eating place (house)

1

restaurant

6

first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best

2

busy place; busy street; place that's always bustling with people; amusement quarters

1

heavy armor; heavy armour; wearing heavy armor

1

to play a leading role; to play a central part

3

to carve out a history; to make history; to have a history

1

vacant position; vacancy; opening; unfilled position

1

destined; predestined; fated; fateful

1

idleness; inactivity

5

either way; in any case; one way or another

2

fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest

2

criminal's head on public display (Edo period); displaying a beheaded head; beheaded head

2

execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion

13

weight; sinker

2

(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

4

cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor

1

fireside; hearth; by the fire; robata; dining style centered on a charcoal grill

2

mercury (Hg)

1

boiled egg

2

egg yolk

2

lemon

4

cabbage (Brassica oleracea)

4

main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish

2

sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy

1

domestic goose

4

goat

2

toast; congratulatory cup

3

northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady

4