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eight; 8

13

remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)

5

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

round; spherical; circular

3

accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

2

boiled and half-dried bonito

1

to cease; to stop; to be over

4

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

6

light; lamplight

4

day in and day out; all the time

1

time; hour; season; time of the year

2

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

1

husband

1

news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter

1

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

2

way; method; means

3

fate; destiny; lot

2

equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence

1

will not do; do not; does not

2

evening; early night hours

3

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

6

showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay

1

auspicious event

2

purple; violet

1

news; word; tidings; omen

1

pine needle

1

to burst open; to pop; to split

1

person being waited for; person who waits

1

sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

5

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

3

fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

1

fortune-telling; divination

1

to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

3

slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly

1

rainbow

1

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

3

ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility

2

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

3

foolish; stupid; silly

1

face; looks; vestiges; trace

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

18

a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed

3

with a swoosh; at one fell swoop

2

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

6

weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

1

weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

1

to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam

2

to leave behind

3

wrapping paper

1

undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety; (arch.) (the crime of) cursing one's parents; (arch.) disowning one's child

1