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cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible

2

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

1

sadness and gloom

1

speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

1

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

8

playhouse; theatre; theater

2

to forbid; to suppress

3

trial performance; rehearsal

2

place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

2

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

3

magic

1

incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

1

queen; female champion

2

legendary

1

tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

4

melodrama; soap opera

2

to be (deeply) touched by; to be struck by

2

to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled

1

by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

2

seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries

1

to crouch; to squat; to cower

4

throat; singing voice

1

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

1

hiding place; refuge

2

calamity; misfortune; disaster

1

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

1

large prize (e.g. in horse racing); generous reward

1

coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt

1

revenge

3

review (of learned material); revision

3

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

4

to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

2

theatre; theater; playhouse

2

ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run

2

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

1

to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with

1

reading and writing

1

caller; visitor; company; guest

1

to steal (from a person)

2

candle

4

slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined

1

stealing

1

reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

1

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

2

to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to

2

corridor; hallway; passageway

1

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

2

mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape

1

to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy

1

teaching method

1