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alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation

2

sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; charm; appeal

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artificial sweetener

1

colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel

3

(food) coloring; pigment; dye; coloring agent

2

joint struggle; common (united) front

2

unification; centralization; integration; drawing things together; working out a common policy; consolidation

1

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

3

luckily

2

recreation

1

to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle

3

sketchbook

7

drawing ability; skill at art

2

to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under

2

to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

2

seeing; looking at

2

violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity

1

pack horse

1

pencil

3

soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball

1

origami; art of paper folding; hallmark; certificate of authenticity

18

purple; violet

9

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

3

self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

3

here and there; in places

3

pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

2

thin strip of bamboo

4

Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)

1

festival; feast; carnival

2

to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic

1

Nebuta; nighttime festival in Tōhoku (esp. Aomori)

1

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

1

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

1

made from paper

1

portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)

2

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

5

sketch; rough draft

1

indescribable; inexpressible

1

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

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absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

2

twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)

4

mediocrity; ordinary ability

1

child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

3

all day long; all the day; throughout the day

1

to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder

1

normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type

2

finish; finishing; finishing touches

1

to look into; to peer in

2

to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

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