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in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

2

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

1

sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination

1

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

2

process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

2

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

4

to approach

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

1

messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy

1

mere; simple; sheer

1

play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest

1

to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth

1

instability; insecurity; crankiness

1

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

2

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

1

execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment

9

to think too much; to be over-concerned

1

to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

6

to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly

1

one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

3

to take measures (against); to take steps

1

loss; forfeit

1

to carry out a scheme

2

jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket

2

to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

3

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

to tear off; to rip off

1

straight line; beeline

1

to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket

1

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

1

series

1

(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection

2

internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)

1

electric current

1

mist; haze

2

forced; compulsory

5

to recall; to remember

2

calculated; premeditated; considered

1

to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

1

evident; plain; distinct; clear

3

to sniff; to smell

3

geometric pattern

1

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

4

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

2

to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

1

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

1

distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

2

to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

3

a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

3