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to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

5

deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority

1

observer

1

right to decide; having say (in a decision)

2

official announcement; proclamation; issuance (of an order, ordinance, or warning)

2

stay; sojourn; stay; prop; support

1

depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

5

caffeine

4

can't go on like this; can't stand it anymore; can't take it any longer

1

occasion; time; section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; clause; season; term

2

persistent; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded

1

Cabinet Office

1

Ishibe

1

deputy secretary (government); deputy director

1

hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist

1

leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure

2

east entrance; east exit

2

reinforcement (e.g. of troops)

1

signal

2

immediately; at once; instantly

2

to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss

1

to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off

2

to chase away; to drive away; to drive out

1

work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique

2

second generation; second; junior

1

(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening

1

seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up

7

timid; faint-hearted; wimpish

1

(early) childhood

5

psychological trauma

1

ego; self; ego

7

report card; result sheet

1

to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to read (extra meaning) into (something); to take (future changes) into consideration; to load (data); to read

2

hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion

8

while; during; performed in this condition

3

that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

7

autosuggestion; self-suggestion

3

harmful; hazardous

1

cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made

1

enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board

1

minced meat; ground meat

1

artifice; wiles; trickery; art of a courtesan (esp. for seducing or deceiving customers); coquetry

1

throwaway; disposable; single-use

3

dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty

1

mad dog

2

eavesdropping; tapping

4

big shot; higher-ups

2

special-ops forces

1

home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

1

closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

1