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before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

3

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

2

principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me

4

to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly

2

guess; conjecture

1

thousands; several thousand

2

to estimate

1

diligent; industrious

1

face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

1

to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

1

making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)

3

extension and structural alteration of building

1

entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

1

monistic; unitary; unified; centralized; centralised

1

vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand

3

exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm

2

work-in-progress; working state

3

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

14

to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

1

in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances

2

inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about

2

radio

1

broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement

6

news channel

1

key station; flagship station; leading station of a broadcasting network

1

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

3

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

2

zapping (through TV channels); channel surfing

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

1

impression

1

vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow

1

is there anything else?

1

feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

1

space station

1

(one's) figure; build; physique; style

2

centrifugal force

1

pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)

1

doughnut; donut

1

cylinder

2

design

3

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

1

passing each other

1

refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly

1

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

2

true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

3

open sea; Okinawa

5

(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle

4

scale; vernier

2