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telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration

3

to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

2

number; series of digits

1

low voice; whisper

3

rationalism

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rationalization; justification

1

portrait

4

here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

2

to hang on the wall

1

encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)

1

intimidating air; sense of intimidation

1

to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press

1

reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive

4

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

1

two dimensions; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn; two-dimensional

1

real thing; original; actual

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

feast for one's eyes

1

to have the privilege of doing

1

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

2

chronic

1

even now; still; as yet

1

when it becomes; when it comes to

2

all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking

2

videophone; video telephone; video call

3

depth of water

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

ant

1

science fiction; sci-fi; SF

1

to live; to make a living; to get on with

3

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

1

to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

1

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

2

self-sufficiency

2

small scale

1

workshop; studio; atelier

1

Urashima

4

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

2

good old; good old-fashioned

1

to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

2

upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes

1

deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe

1

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

1

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

2

to compete with; to vie for

1

wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

1

to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

2

to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out

1

property; fortune; means; assets

1

(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting

2