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crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

1

influence; clout; leverage

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courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

1

outside the country; abroad

1

Beijing dialect (of Mandarin); Pekingese

8

English (language)

4

Taiwan

1

face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

1

congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

1

virtual currency; cryptocurrency

1

look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?

1

hearsay; rumor; grapevine

1

large sum (money)

2

vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

1

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

1

Crown Jewel Defense

4

crown; clown

1

gem; jewel; precious stone

2

crown; diadem; bottle cap

1

seller; vendor

1

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

1

parachute

1

this person

1

capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper

1

full; in plenty; ample

1

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

1

processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal

2

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

1

severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment

4

to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

1

advice; warning

1

(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)

1

doll; puppet; figure

1

deadlock; stalemate

1

foreign company; overseas enterprise; overseas firm

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

foreign capital group; foreign company

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

entertainment

1

work; business; company; study

1

community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border

1

South Korea; Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)

1

10,000,000,000; ten billion

1

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

1

tax; duty

1

black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

1

within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption

1

price; value; cost

2