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just right (time, size, length, etc.)

3

ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

1

course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic

1

ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap

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to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak

1

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

3

clearly; distinctly; vividly

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stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

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disguise; masquerade

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to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

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oh!; ah!; oh no

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to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire

2

in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically

2

care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

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to make merry; to be festive

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inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing

2

change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)

1

to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

2

emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)

1

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

1

with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around

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lacquering; lacquer ware

1

brush (for painting, basting, etc.)

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to make narrow

1

sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute

1

sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration

1

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

8

seven

3

walking about town; stroll around town; walking the streets (e.g. for exercise)

2

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

2

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

1

changing clothes; change of clothes

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

perfect; complete; flawless

2

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

3

sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

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to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

1

criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something

1

(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

2

to stretch a string

1

candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice

1

to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)

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look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

3

commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner

1

resultant; consequential

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garden lantern; hanging lantern

2

to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

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moth

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