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well-matched; suitable; becoming

2

to classify; to sort out; to sift through

1

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

1

the four seasons

2

(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags

3

to look old; to become musty; to wear out

2

suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line

12

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

7

to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

1

cover; lid; cap

2

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

2

Lindera triloba (species of spicebush)

1

yesterday

4

oil paints; oil colors (colours); oils

2

artist's brush

1

to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch

2

turpentine; terebinthina

1

first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)

2

earnestly

2

ahead; before; ago

2

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

8

knife

1

polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough

5

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

2

(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first

1

Europe and America; the West

1

pleasure trip; tour

1

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

3

disturbance; trouble; ups and downs

2

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

2

obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability

2

seal; hallmark; stamp die

1

quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

4

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

4

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

1

thread; yarn; string

6

I; me

7

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

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to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

2

middle and high school; medium and high (level)

1

convex

1

slender face

2

rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy

1

humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners

1

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

5

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

5

to face; to confront; to be opposite to

1

conversation

10

to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way

2