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to fold up; to fold into layers

2

sitting in a circle

1

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

1

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

1

hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower

4

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

1

handmade

1

ball-point pen

1

pattern; design

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

4

coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment

1

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

1

artistic taste; aptitude for painting; ability to appreciate art; desire to paint

1

simple; plain

1

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

2

feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

2

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

2

for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

1

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

1

workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

3

to give a broad grin; to smirk

1

banknote; bill; note; paper money

1

cub

1

paper box; paper carton

3

chip; microchip; chip (in poker, roulette, etc.); casino token; chip (shot); (wood) chip

1

shy; diffident; retiring; reserved

1

to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

1

to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon

1

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

1

grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit

1

heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva

1

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

3

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

3

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

1

to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

1

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

3

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

1

to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

1

roof leak

6

one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage

1

dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops

1

drop (e.g. of water); drip

1

to half-rise to one's feet

1

house-cloth; dust cloth

2

rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

1

saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver

2

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

1

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

2

baptism

2