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fishing line

3

to ask; to enquire; to query

3

clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another

1

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

6

available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let

1

crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care

4

to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth

1

to stretch a string

1

plop; splash

1

to lower one's fishing line (into water)

1

to become famous; to gain fame

2

one's family; family member

1

performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

1

to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)

1

floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy

2

garden stone

1

transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety

3

birth

1

this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world

1

dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)

3

certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

4

site; website

1

bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS

1

babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

1

absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted

3

blade; braid

1

food processor

3

inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing

1

(electrical) outlet; (wall) socket; power point

2

to finish writing

1

great writer; literary master; distinguished author

1

chainsaw

1

minced meat; ground meat

1

swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply

3

foreign country

1

strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious

5

mysterious

4

service; duty; work

1

turnip (Brassica rapa)

3

report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)

8

outline

1

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

2

neon (Ne); neon sign

1

host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)

1

foreigner (esp. a Westerner); gaijin; (arch.) outsider

1

day after day; every day

2

New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world

1

company; corporation; firm; one's workplace

1

newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens

1

comedian; comic

1