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motive power; driving force

2

starting point; point of departure

1

to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

1

star shape; pentagram

7

all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext

1

nimbly; lightly

1

weightiness; heaviness

1

bam; whomp; thump

1

to show; to bare (the teeth)

1

deliverables; delivered product

1

funny story; funny anecdote

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

2

source; origin

1

all things; all creation

1

to affect; to impact; to influence

2

area (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space

1

comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable

1

to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)

4

overhasty; rash; premature

1

human intellect; knowledge

2

to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

1

to be entwined; to be involved

2

bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

2

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

3

with no regard to appearances; without caring about how one looks

1

to pluck; to pick; to tear

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

14

stone pillar

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progress; development

1

to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

1

account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream

2

science fiction; sci-fi; SF

4

ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law

3

to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict

2

to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with

3

reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy

1

to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries

2

to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

1

to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

2

riverside; riverbank; edge of a river

1

kiwifruit; kiwi fruit; kiwi; kiwi (bird)

2

little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as

1

ellipse; oval

2

orange (colour, color)

4

melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)

2

to peel; to skin; to pare

2

strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen

1

to warp; to bend backwards; to throw one's head (or shoulders) back; to throw out one's chest

1

obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase

1