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agitator

2

demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour

2

to ignore; to overlook

3

leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing

2

raising morale; lifting of morale

2

tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

1

producer (film, TV, etc.)

2

admiral; commodore

1

lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

2

probable; likely

2

illogicality

1

insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind

3

maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum

7

highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability

1

essential condition

1

one effort; one action

1

gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester

1

one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)

5

... all over again (repeating the same failure)

1

card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program

1

to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to

1

miscalculation

1

cheerful expression; pleased look; joyful look

2

to show signs of; to appear

2

to get slightly dirty (all over)

7

for dear life; barely escaping alive

2

somehow or other

1

natural virtue; personal virtue

1

state of emergency

2

at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately

2

walking sound; footsteps

7

to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

2

to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing

4

all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

4

(wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; (lit.) a hand reaches out from one's throat

1

to let someone hold; to make someone grasp; to bribe; to slip money to; to pass off; to foist on

1

to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart

1

strength of a thousand men; cloth with the character for "strength" written by a thousand men (soldier's charm)

2

simple; easy

2

to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

1

to pick on; to tease

1

each individual; each person

1

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

3

although I say; although one might say; although called

3

sitting in a circle

2

swelling; boil; abscess; tumor; tumour

1

to grow old

1

news programme; news program

1

shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people

1

feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report

1