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number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.

2

intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

2

reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation

3

gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)

31

railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)

2

to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

2

uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous

13

to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language

1

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

2

to speak ill of; to disparage

1

to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way

6

very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

10

toothpick

2

cutting (cloth, paper, etc.); judgement; judgment; decision

2

to stretch (one's body)

7

unbalance; imbalance

2

boots; boot

8

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

25

knee-length (clothing)

1

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

11

quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper

1

dim witted; bird-brained; dullard

2

pendant (jewelry); pendant (light)

7

to show off; to flaunt

8

metal sake jug; sake warmer

7

short sides of a rectangle

1

with a clink (click, clack)

24

knife

156

camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade

1

to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat

1

block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)

29

at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly

30

indeed; it's no wonder

5

Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern

1

wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee

5

fresh; (liquid) non-dairy creamer; coffee whitener

1

worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature

9

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

3

news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact

2

flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless

5

to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)

3

right under; directly below; right beneath

9

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

17

change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange

2

nervous temperament; worrier's disposition

1

that's so, however ...

7

abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary

4

great swordsman; master fencer

2

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

1