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aspiration; volunteering; desire; application

2

ashamed deep down in one's heart; blushing with shame when one remembers something

1

to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

2

intellectual

3

obstacle

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

4

essential condition

1

pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency

1

sharp curve (turn)

1

Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

2

seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning

1

facing left

1

figure eight; figure of eight

1

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

3

to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up

2

point of intersection

1

cowardice

1

declaration; profession

1

gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)

1

one-eyed; first (in a series); initial

1

clockwise rotation; CW; right-handed rotation

1

counterclockwise rotation; anti-clockwise rotation; CCW

1

illustration; drawing

2

to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar

2

crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over

6

one dimensional

1

vertical and horizontal; warp and weft (weaving); warp and woof

1

depth; length

1

coma; dead sleep

2

imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)

1

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

8

girl student; schoolgirl

1

attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

1

the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

3

belly; abdomen

2

military personnel; soldier

2

to begin to read; to leaf through a book

2

person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power

2

setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

15

food

2

sad; wretched; deplorable

1

sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)

3

ehōmaki; uncut sushi roll eaten during setsubun

3

seasonal

1

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

1

(being) on time; work hours; time on duty; (in) real time; (watching, etc.) live

1

Bernoulli

1

acquaintance

5

boy; kid; child

1