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to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

2

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without

1

Munchhausen

1

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

1

Germany

1

noble; aristocrat; peer

2

braggart; boaster

1

baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)

1

origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

1

several hundreds

1

years later

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

4

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

1

pen

1

(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake

3

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

1

leaving hospital; discharge from hospital

2

marathon race; marathon

1

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

7

changing clothes; change of clothes

1

(battery) charger; AC adapter

2

cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

2

younger; junior

1

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

1

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

3

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

1

two weeks; fortnight

2

prescription; formulation; formula; recipe

4

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

5

(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

2

director

9

How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

3

workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

1

on the way; someday

1

one's best interests; one's own good

1

to be (doing)

1

imagination; supposition; guess

3

not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

3

not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable

1

woman

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

1

tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

4

maid; helper; help; assistance

2

cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

4

junior high school student; middle school pupil

3

store; shop

2

well, I must admit ...

1

standard; set; routine; decided

1

to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

1