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strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number

1

stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters

1

last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)

1

the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge

3

no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt

3

to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top

2

cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking

1

light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style

3

trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope

2

seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum

2

sword fight; sword play

3

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

2

prefectural tournament

1

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon

1

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

2

interview (on television, in a newspaper, etc.)

3

to palm off; to force a sale

2

trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected

1

to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head

1

inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts)

1

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

2

to spread; to be propagated

1

to go to see; to visit

1

heated argument; heated discussion; heated debate

1

to yield to temptation; to succumb

1

not so

1

opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure

7

compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)

3

supplement; complement

2

great help

1

degree; extent

2

to explain adequately; to be accountable

1

oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition

1

topic of discussion; agenda

1

dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue

1

all the more; still more

2

our country; our land; one's own country

1

Japanese government

4

to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe

1

in that manner; like that

20

to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight

1

to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

1

word; word

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wax

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seal (letters, documents, etc.)

1

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

1

mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly

1

humanism; love for humanity

1

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

5

comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable

1