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by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

4

to become; to amount to

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husband

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wicked; evil

2

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

1

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

1

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

1

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

2

pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

2

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously

2

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

2

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

2

to be palatable; to suit one's taste

1

to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

4

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

5

proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

1

individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed

1

to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)

1

to put into the mouth; to eat

1

conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance

3

childish; child-like; innocent; naive

1

pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

1

way of eating; how to eat

2

moment; brief space of time

1

(wearing only) a pair of underpants

1

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

3

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

1

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

1

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

1

to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

1

fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

1

to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

1

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

2

to look away; to avert one's eyes

3

(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess

1

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

3

exit from a room

1

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

1

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

1

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

2

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

1

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

4

ridiculous; odd

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

4

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

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bridegroom

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