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putting into operation; invocation

7

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

6

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

6

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

12

acute ear; good ear

1

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

2

to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

5

mortar

2

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

4

to exceed (by a lot); to (far) surpass; to end; to cease; to stop

2

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

1

writing; composition; essay; sentence

5

indescribable (e.g. beauty)

2

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

3

interval; break; pause; spare moment

2

copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

7

imaginary

1

product; produce; result; fruit

4

impossible; unlikely; improbable

4

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

9

abundant; plentiful; rich; ample

2

worthy of; worth doing; worth having

1

strongest

2

ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience

1

to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

2

concrete example

2

black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling

7

extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK

1

Supernatural (U.S. TV series)

1

characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-

2

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

5

work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

4

way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

3

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

2

copyright

1

consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi

1

punching and kicking

1

at times; occasionally

17

boisterous dance

1

science fiction; sci-fi; SF

1

distinction; differentiation; classification

2

martial arts

1

special; particular; peculiar; unique

9

to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab

10

borrowed thing

1

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

4

use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

2

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

31

reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

6

going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

1