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to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something

2

white cloth

2

serious injury

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confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment

2

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

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anemia; anaemia

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

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to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

3

to rub; to scrub; to scrape

1

to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

3

outspoken; frank; candid

1

critical point (temperature)

2

silent; mute; dumb

5

manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour

1

being extremely busy; being swamped with work

4

two or three days

1

label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)

10

disk capacity

1

(in) her way; peculiar to her

2

objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio

5

clothes; clothing; garments

3

clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt

1

stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause

15

to point at

95

curing (meat, etc.); preservative treatment

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

6

seal

1

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

2

Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

2

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

6

festival; feast; carnival

3

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

1

to hang; to hang up

2

oh, yes?; really?

11

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

5

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

13

to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)

5

to help each other; to cooperate

4

four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold

2

solely; entirely; only; or

4

to pass; to go past

2

paradise; Eden; Elysium

2

research material; experimental material

1

if I (we, etc.) could

1

chill; shakes; ague

4

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

14

to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant

1

gradually; slowly but steadily

12

puddle; pool of water

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