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radiant smile; contented smile

1

trial; test; try

1

dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing

2

assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon

1

memory; sense; experience

2

to thank

1

the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

1

reopening; resumption; restarting

2

what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

1

to smash (violently); to crush; to ruin (a plan, company, etc.); to wreck; to destroy

1

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

4

one room

1

enshrinement; installation (of an image)

1

impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock

1

optimism; taking an optimistic view

2

to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

5

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

3

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

2

to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure

1

safety confirmation; confirming (something) is safe

1

down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream

1

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

1

head start; initiative; preemption

2

firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship

19

willing (even) to do; prepared to do; ready to do; not mind doing

1

fire hook; poker; slice bar

1

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

3

firing; discharge of gun

7

departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

4

adult male; man

1

loading (a firearm)

1

probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid

1

acquaintance

3

accomplice; conspirator; cohort

1

muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness

1

large-scale play; play with an A-list cast; big act; big charade; theatre with a government licence (Edo period)

1

execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run

2

to be consistent; to be coherent

1

shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears

2

on the occasion of; at the time of

1

isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island

2

ticket punch; ticket puncher

1

few days

1

on an island; on-island

1

vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

3

to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with

1

sound of a gunshot; report of a gun

4

element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

2

one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task

1

to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger

5