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yours sincerely; respectfully yours

9

happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

3

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

4

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

45

zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour

1

rustic; rude; vulgar; rough

3

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

14

to fly apart; to tower over; to be out of the ordinary

1

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

8

at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

1

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

1

to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose

1

dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity

3

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

2

loud voice

4

scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting

2

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

16

great army; mighty host; whole army

2

order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

1

weakening; emaciation; decline

1

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

10

strong-willed; strong of heart

1

young girl; lass; adolescent female

2

chamber maid; female servant; area around the hips; waist area

3

putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage

1

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

3

to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

1

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

1

to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

2

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

4

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

9

burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong

3

square; rectangular

1

to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down

1

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

4

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

3

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

1

cold; short; curt; blunt

4

to look away; to turn away

1

to be; to come; to go

1

young nobleman

8

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

3

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

5

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

12

staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising

3

to look around; to take a view of

1

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

5

female (animal, plant)

1

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

1

coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person

2