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to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)

3

reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation

4

singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity

2

bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats

5

partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting

1

expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility

1

simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means

1

to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

1

by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

3

stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy

3

used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)

1

to continue riding

1

to catch one's attention

1

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

15

to live through; to survive

3

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

3

laser; Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

3

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

1

comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)

1

to grumble; to gripe; to complain

2

endless; boundless

1

to drag in; to pull in

2

step by step; by degrees

1

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

3

to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

1

appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph

2

gunfire; fire

1

to feel oneself indebted to

2

last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

1

thousand-fold

1

expansion; swelling; increase; growth

2

adaptability; ability to apply knowledge to new situations; practical skills

2

damn kids

1

to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside

1

settlement for a dispute (esp. one caused by an affront or blunder); money paid to settle a dispute

1

the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive

4

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

2

to get distracted; to jump off the track

1

yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game

1

to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage

1

selfish

1

admirable; laudable

2

to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good

1

natural calamity; striking phenomena in heaven and earth

8

scorched earth

9

summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square

5

roaring; thundering; thunderous; deafening; ear-splitting

2

calculated; premeditated; considered

2

to consign to oblivion

4

burnt field; burnt area

1