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how much

2

hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)

1

talisman; amulet; charm

3

half a year; six months

10

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

post-natal; since birth

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

3

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

1

to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

1

sleeping together

2

unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

1

hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!

1

to interrupt; to butt in

1

earnest; kind; sincere

1

just the other day; quite recently

3

beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

1

already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)

1

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

1

to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

1

to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate

1

to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive

1

on the right as one faces (it)

1

to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly

1

gloomy; obscure

2

transferring the capital

1

halo; aureole; aureola; halo (optical phenomenon); glory

1

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

1

in a bad temper; cranky; crabby

1

exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte

1

curse; spell; malediction

2

put; place; leave; do (in preparation)

1

by today; before the day is over

1

to go back to bed

1

several (levels, floors)

1

power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour

2

than; other than; except; but

1

teary eyes

3

to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

5

both parties; both sides

1

size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

1

in spite of; regardless of

1

real harm; actual damage

1

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

1

emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect

2

innocent; simple-minded

1

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

1

(power of) imagination

1

discipline; training; teaching manners

1

pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous

1