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drop of water; polka dots

2

dust jacket; book jacket; dust wrapper; dust cover

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

1

several volumes (books)

1

private room

1

favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)

1

private property; personal belongings; personal effects

1

last night; yesterday evening

1

messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things

1

outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment

1

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

3

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

1

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

1

one hour

2

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

2

substitution

1

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

2

at first; initially; in the beginning

1

absolutely; only

1

passage; paragraph

1

group; bunch; crowd; group

1

nimbly; lightly

1

production (e.g. play); direction

1

military authorities; army circles

2

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

2

both eyes

1

to see; to look; to watch; to try to

1

emotional scars; mental trauma

1

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

2

quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to

1

meaning; called; said

1

platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala

1

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

1

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

1

to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize

1

such; like that; that sort of; very

1

to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart

1

so much; so; like that

1

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

3

to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff

1

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

2

to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

2

faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

1

pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe

3

tube

2

electrode

1

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

2

(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)

2

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

3

to discuss; to talk together

2