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to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave

2

reference room

8

reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance

1

to kill time

1

little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour

1

outline; summary; gist; in brief

3

list; table; schedule; catalogue; catalog

1

social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

3

worthlessness

2

to press alcohol on someone; to urge somebody to drink; to offer alcohol to someone

4

miraculous; wonder-working; magical

3

nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib

1

saint; holy woman

38

hanging (by the neck)

1

to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together

1

great sage

1

right eye

5

to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly

1

trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

10

division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing

3

to be common

6

to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart

2

Thanksgiving (US, Canada)

1

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

2

repair expense

1

prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism

1

expenses; disbursements

5

outside world; physical world

2

to build a fortune

1

compromise plan

1

solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause

1

to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

7

cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible

1

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

4

to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed

2

cradle

1

formation; combination

1

to have; to possess

1

opening gate

1

to sit silently at a meeting

4

to look at the long term

1

inheritance; succession to property

2

foothold; footing; position; standing; ground

2

various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse

1

materials; data; document

2

plan; design; layout

2

territory

1

place to go; destination

3

song lyrics; words of a song; libretto

2