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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

3

flame; blaze

9

to talk nonsense

1

ineffective move (in go or shogi); wasted move

1

to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind

1

cockpit; control cabin; flight compartment; pilot compartment; control room

1

to sit; to squat; to be implicated

2

having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)

1

(short) rest; breather; break

1

big job; great task

2

to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix

1

third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

2

daytime; during the day; Japan and China

4

hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

6

the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it

2

slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery

2

thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation; post

1

captive; prisoner

1

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

1

manacles; shackles; fetters

2

pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

5

hard (life); tough (world)

1

impudent; shameless; brazen

1

wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue

3

to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill

2

to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side

4

valley

1

nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging

2

recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence

3

to become thin; to fade; to grow pale

1

lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)

3

researcher

3

artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made

1

to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out

2

cot; bunk

1

(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut

2

to find out; to discover; to detect

2

to explain adequately; to be accountable

1

rationalization; justification

1

serious condition; critical condition

1

scorn; disdain; contempt

4

body hair

1

to stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair); to have the creeps

1

mechanical

3

fixed amount

4

divisor; factor; measure

2

separate; scattered; apart

1

anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

2