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at a stroke, with a single swoop

month and day (of the year), (the) date

secret, private, surreptitious

hammer; hopeless swimmer, person who can't swim, someone who sinks like a stone

rather, sooner, preferably, might as well, just; on the contrary, if anything

training, practice, discipline, study; ascetic practices

to remain, to abide, to stay (in the one place); to be limited to, to be confined to, to only account for

young bird, chick, fledgling; hina doll, doll displayed during the Girls' Festival(explanation)

to be crowded, to be packed, to be congested, to be thronged (with)

lottery, drawn lot

the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Hare; hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am); east; second month in the lunar calendar

right or wrong, good or bad, quality, suitability; having both merits and demerits, having both advantages and disadvantages

and so on, and so forth, et cetera, and such, and the like; comment, criticism

to be wounded, to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged, to get chipped, to get scratched

clue, lead, key, trail, scent, track; handhold, hold

thorn, spine, prickle; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh), hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

first of all, at once, right away; for now, for the time being, tentatively; anyway, at least

to scatter, to disseminate (e.g. a rumor), to spread (e.g. germs), to broadcast; to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets), to hand out freely, to spend recklessly

to straddle, to sit astride, to mount; to extend over, to spread over, to span, to extend into

in spite of, despite, although; nonetheless, nevertheless, but, (and) yet

to show signs of being, to feel, to think; to behave as if one were, to pretend, to act as if; gal (unit of gravitational acceleration)