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hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion

1

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled

3

with a heavy thump; with a thud; with a palpitation

1

one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group

2

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

2

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

putting beneath other goods; being at the bottom of the pile; lowly position; bottom (of the ladder); obscurity

1

remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks; middle of nowhere

1

to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)

1

red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

1

participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.); exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)

1

reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground

1

late-night show; midnight broadcast

1

advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint

1

to be ordered (to do)

1

to call (someone) to come; to call for; to summon; to always call (someone by a name); to become used to calling

4

(verbal) message; word (from someone)

1

(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts

1

discriminatory remark; hate speech

2

elite

1

(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty

1

strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand

1

Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone

1

to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

3

call; summons; convening; convocation

1

successive generations; successive emperors

1

self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom

1

wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely

1

attending someone through the night (of a guard, nurse); sleeping with a man (at his bidding); overnight vigil before burial

1

either way; in any case; one way or another

2

to yield to temptation; to succumb

2

doubling; double

1

yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so

1

nutjob; mental job; lunatic; mentally troubled person

1

to look around; to look towards (us)

1

sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)

1

pressingly; demandingly; hey! hey!; oi!

2

sitting cross-legged

1

return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back; repayment

2

mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus

2

boomerang; swim briefs; Speedos

1

determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will

2

to be elated; to be excited; to be caught up in the moment; to be carried away; to get cocky

1

newcomer showing great promise; bright new talent

1

to be softened; to calm down

2

wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue

1

price of wheat

1

good idea; good plan

1

going straight (to); going direct; unwavering action; decisive action; upright conduct

1

animated cartoon; animated film

1