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dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

3

to begin to appear; to begin to come in

5

pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher

3

not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke

1

root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base

2

complicity

1

(on) one's own; (by) oneself

1

ability; capability; skill

2

letter affixed to an arrow

1

classical; classic

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

sender

1

viscously; stickily

2

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

3

to do as one wishes; to act as one wills

3

yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

7

to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

1

to step forward; to take a step forward

2

fast typing; fast beating; fast drumming

1

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

2

to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip

1

(piece of) rope; ordinary method

1

what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

1

steadily

1

expressive power; inventiveness; creative power

2

army corps; corps

3

malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)

1

variation; rogue (something)

2

cancer cell

5

to continue to increase; to continue to mount

2

freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)

1

bodily build; degree of fleshiness

1

unpredictability; element of surprise

1

sexual relief; masturbation

1

to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)

3

prohibition

1

desire to tease; desire to cause mischief

1

to bud; to sprout

1

sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly

2

sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking

1

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

2

ahem

1

becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed

5

pretty; charming; lovely; adorable

1

poison

1

being frozen in ice

18

just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable

2

to eat too much; to overeat

1

prudent; thoughtful; discreet

1

interference; intervention; meddling

5