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every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs

3

origin; beginning

5

eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

5

(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone

5

right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher

6

since then; from that time; ever since

6

second

12

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

1

still; even now

4

first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative

1

to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

1

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

1

private tutor; coach; governess

3

wealthy person

1

tofu; bean curd; beancurd

2

intervention

1

shadow; tail; following

1

murder; killing; murderer

2

pistol

3

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

1

depth of water

1

to drift (to); to be washed ashore

1

a push; another effort

1

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

1

to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)

1

document; official papers

1

government worker; public servant; civil servant

1

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

2

wind and rain; rainstorm

2

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

5

water level

2

water's surface

2

a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number

3

fall; drop; descent; coming down

14

panic

3

wire; wire rope

24

skirt

1

pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

3

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

1

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

3

point-blank range

1

more than anything; above all else

2

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

1

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

3

execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment

5

to entrance; to possess; to enthrall

1

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

6

to lend a hand; to help

5

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

2

in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

1