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starting late; late departure

1

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

9

headdress; crown; covering; fogging (photography); blushing

4

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

11

to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

2

sociability

1

... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

7

underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

1

preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking

3

narrow; cramped; tight; fussy; narrow-minded

2

in this way; like this

2

opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)

3

creative; original

1

naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord

1

to catch

1

back of a stone monument; inscription on the back of a stone monument

3

professional

9

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

13

receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)

3

horse tack; horse gear; harness

2

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

2

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

4

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

2

to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

1

borrowing

4

spring roll

5

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

7

granulated sugar

2

love; affection

4

proper quantity; suitable amount; proper dose; optimal dose

2

to heat; to heat up

2

choice; preference

5

upper half of the body; upper body

4

to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

3

careless remark

1

to moan; to groan

8

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

1

lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch

7

classmate

6

silence; stillness; quietness

1

to vomit; to spit out

9

in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces

3

to decorate; to display

2

to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

2

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

21

faucet; tap

1

drool

2

no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake

3

to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

2

mis-match

1