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one's post; place of work; workplace

4

sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

1

urgent business

1

coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK

4

to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic

1

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

1

remembrance; recollection; recognition

2

to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

10

what on Earth is this?

2

with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain

1

forelock; bangs

1

to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick

1

to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

1

angle

2

the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

1

to solicit; to demand; to extort

1

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

1

wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising

2

to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

4

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

2

(not) altogether; (not) wholly

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

3

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

6

pattern; design

7

to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture

1

to look into; to peer in

4

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

1

symbol; code; sign; notation

1

to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

3

common people; ordinary people; masses

2

to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with

1

mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

1

several tens

1

performance of one's official duties

1

document; official papers

1

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

3

box made of paulownia wood; paulownia box

1

one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years

1

minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate

1

to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

1

carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo

1

way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character

1

highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style

1

two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives

3

to join together; to combine; to join up

4

union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration

1

one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate

4

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes

2