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to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

8

trio; gang of three; threesome

1

unthinkable; unimaginable; inconceivable; unclassifiable; never dreamt of

2

perfect beauty with no trace of artifice; flawless

1

mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission

1

to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls

2

Japanese-style writing desk

17

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

1

staying the night; lodging (at)

2

to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale

2

to manage; to control; to cut carelessly (of a cook, surgeon, etc.); to slash about; (arch.) to cut around

1

cover; mantle; shroud; hood

1

bygones; the past; past event

2

stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)

1

audio; audio equipment (esp. high-end)

1

valuable article; valuables

1

untouched; unused; intact

2

continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last

1

thump; clang; clank

2

with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)

3

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

4

to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach

2

red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

2

standing on bicycle pedals (out of the saddle); standing on a swing

2

pedal

8

straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road

3

street at night; making a night journey

9

front wheel; saddle fork

3

dynamo

2

groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)

3

strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness

1

yellowish; tinged with yellow

1

to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

2

gear

2

gear change

1

creak; squeak; creaking sound

1

fan shape; sector

1

swaying (with large slow movements); shaking

1

grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket

3

as far as the eye can see

5

to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race

1

night wind

1

biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)

4

to possess; to haunt

3

to pedal a bike

8

to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on

8

determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)

3

white line; linea alba (anot.)

6

ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway

1

to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

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