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tottering steps; drunken staggering

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drunkard

2

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

1

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

5

to fly in the air

3

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

3

snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash

1

unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest

1

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

3

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

2

one-coin (i.e. able to be paid for with only one coin, esp. a 500-yen coin, sometimes a 100-yen coin); costing 500 yen; costing 100 yen

1

to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

2

octopus

1

cuttlefish; squid

1

number; amount

3

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

1

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

2

hunter

1

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

5

one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand

1

snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie

3

coveting; raga (desire)

2

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

3

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

2

to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten

1

steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy

1

stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils

1

to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

1

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

1

unskilled; not very good at

1

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge

2

lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness

1

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

3

cookie; biscuit

1

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

2

reluctantly; unwillingly

1

older; senior

2

to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave

3

to square one's shoulders

1

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

5

second floor; upstairs

1

whack-a-mole (game)

1

mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)

1

empathy

2

third floor

3

drum

1

paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living

1

afterimage; imprint

1

illumination; lighting

1