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to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)

to peel, to skin, to pare, to hull, to strip; to bare (teeth, fangs), to open wide (eyes)

to step aside, to move (out of the way), to make way; to resign, to retire, to quit, to secede

time, years, days, (one's) life; the Moon and the Sun

joke, pun, jest, witticism, wordplay; smartly dressed, stylish, fashion-conscious, refined

gloss, luster, lustre, shine, sheen, polish; mellowness (of a voice), youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest, appeal, charm, color, colour, feeling; romance, love, sexiness

Emperor of Japan

double; double bed, hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis); biracial person (esp. half-Japanese), person of mixed parentage

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.), to dish out, to dish up, to fill (a bowl) with; to pile up, to heap up, to fill up, to stack up; to administer (medicine, poison), to dose out, to prescribe; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement); to mark out (e.g. scale), to graduate (e.g. thermometer); to exaggerate, to apply heavy makeup

to put something out of the way, to move (something, someone) aside

revision, amendment, alteration

strengthening, intensifying, reinforcement, enhancement, solidification; reinforcement

exchange (e.g. cultural), interchange, interaction, mingling, mixing, coming together; alternating current, AC

structure, construction, makeup, framework, organization, pattern

posture, pose, position, stance, carriage (of the body); attitude, approach, stance

circumference, outskirts, environs, around, in the area of, in the vicinity of; (computer) peripheral

political party

order, system, structure, set-up, organization, organisation

measure, step, countermeasure, counterplan, countermove, strategy, preparation (e.g. for a test)

stage, step, phase; level, rank, grade, gradation; order; stairs

adjustment, regulation, coordination, reconciliation, tuning, fixing, tailoring