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(divine) providence; dispensation

1

rectangle; oblong

2

alternate; alternation

1

watchtower; observation tower; lookout

1

former name for makushita division

1

savior; saviour; rescuer; the Savior; the Saviour

1

waiting one's turn

1

tortoise shell

1

nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

6

situation where alcohol is being served; (over) a drink

1

sugoroku (with pictures)

1

race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku

1

dice; die

1

betting; gambling

1

match fixing; put-up job; fixed game

1

please ...

1

circuitous; roundabout; indirect

3

tournament

1

final game; final games; the finals

1

start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

2

plan; arrangements

3

from there; thence

1

to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance

1

to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance

1

direct

4

with a clink (click, clack)

1

(how) many times; (how) often

4

accepting with pleasure

1

to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see

2

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

2

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

1

pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)

3

pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps; starting to speak; extraction (of a portion of a media file)

1

to refer to; to use as reference

1

to have time free; to have time to spare

2

the ocean; the great deep

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

6

to kill time

3

end of an eyebrow

1

surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed

2

to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse

5

to blow through; to blow across

2

to be tired from walking

1

to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)

1

to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes

1

telling a riddle

1

smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky

10

feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning

2

good feeling

2

to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim

5