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setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

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to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)

1

(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)

2

suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle

1

to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect

3

to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

1

to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

2

one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough

1

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

2

notice of a change of address

1

postcard; memo; note; card

7

to call again; to call (someone) back

2

source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)

1

radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things

1

late-summer greeting card (sent from about August 8 onward)

2

summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season

1

reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer

1

guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)

6

counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats

1

good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing

1

lively motion; throb

1

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

4

helper; assistant; help; assistance

2

followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

1

(taking) a bath

2

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

2

spectacle; sight; scene

1

one's pupil; one's student; one's follower

1

order; turn

1

that year; same year; same age

3

to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play

1

complete removal; total excision

1

first rider in a charge; first (person) to arrive

1

proposed site; site chosen

1

10,000; ten thousand; 10^4

2

tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.3 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters

1

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

1

in high spirits; elated

1

construction; architecture (of buildings)

3

funds; capital

2

10,000,000,000; ten billion

2

to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

1

to be of help; to be useful; to go toward

1

collection box

1

establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)

1

charitable person; philanthropist; volunteer; supporter

1

contribution; donation

1

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

1

memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir

1

dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance

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