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meaningless; pointless

2

way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)

1

to appear suddenly

1

bread roll; hot dog bun

1

thick; bulky; massive; heavy

5

croissant

3

panini

1

girl's feeling; maiden's mind

1

children

1

picking up; gathering; type-picking; walking

1

maintaining the status quo

3

abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)

5

to give a reason

3

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

5

motivation

1

headlong rush; rushing recklessly

5

usual; ordinary; normal; ordinarily; normally; usually

1

special; TV special

1

generous; unstinting

1

to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

8

tug of war; forward puller (of a rickshaw)

4

unity; solidarity

1

program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming

2

unlucky

2

one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength

3

borrowing

1

judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal

1

group; body; party; company; troupe; gang

1

final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)

1

cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture

4

short (of a person)

2

minimum

1

athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival

3

to become fraught with emotion

2

being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

1

slow-footed

1

former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move

1

(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness

1

reaching; attaining; arrival

4

intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)

2

fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

to feel chilly; to be afraid; to be frightened; to be nervous

3

to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)

2

festival; feast; carnival; matsuri

1

to race against time

2

disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure

25

silk

6

rope

6

(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling

1