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lips

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dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)

2

to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

1

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

2

mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance

1

distant look; faraway look

1

having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly

2

goods piled beneath; lower layer; lowest social strata; bottom (of the ladder); low rank

1

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

1

photographer

3

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

4

four-panel comic strip; yonkoma

1

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

1

while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening

1

100,000; hundred thousand

1

bestseller

1

graduate of the same school; fellow alumnus; (former) schoolmate

1

space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)

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celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

1

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

1

being one or more laps behind (in a race); being behind the times

1

young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice

1

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

3

paintbrush

1

formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

1

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

1

tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst

2

to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

1

bathtub or onsen made of (or surrounded by) rocks

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Merlion; official mascot of Singapore, depicted as a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish

1

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

1

bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)

2

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

1

beast; brute; animal

1

stone statue

2

stature; height

1

Okinawa (city, prefecture)

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Okinawan lion (or lion dog) statue placed as talisman against evil at entrances and on roofs

2

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

2

Okinawa prefecture

1

citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

1

two (long cylindrical things)

1

(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

4

some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot

1

bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross

1

surreal; surrealism; shul; schul

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

3

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

3

special occupation; principal occupation; specialty; monopoly

2

meaning; significance; sense

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