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unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

1

upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

2

washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)

1

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

4

to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

1

straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt

1

course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit

1

conclusion; completion

1

respect; esteem; regard

1

righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way

2

to explain carefully and slowly; to explain politely in simple terms; to spoon-feed

1

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

1

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

1

reference book; study-aid book; supplemental textbook; student handbook

1

(marriage) proposal

1

the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected

1

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

4

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

2

maybe; could be; might

3

being bad at communication; being unsociable

1

then; if so; if

1

to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

1

swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy

1

bad habit; bad habits

1

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

2

waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time

1

navigation

1

to be injured; to sustain a wound

1

garden; park

3

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

15

traditional (Chinese or Japanese) dry landscape garden

1

contemporary art

1

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

1

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

1

creating a garden; landscape gardening

1

lattice; latticework; lattice door; check(ed) pattern; plaid

1

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

3

square

1

grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine

1

in a line; in a row

2

regularity

1

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

1

fade-out; dissolve

1

stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person

2

being Instagrammable; looking good on Instagram

1

not bad; not half bad; pretty good

1

that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?

2

to take a picture; to take a photo

2

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

1