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proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

7

seedling; sapling; young tree

10

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

5

interruption; suspension; break

2

quick pace

1

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

7

to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average

1

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

4

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

1

clear-cut logging; clear-cutting

4

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

1

one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)

1

a certain ...; some ...

5

division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot

2

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

13

time; labour; labor

4

bald head; balding head

2

environment; circumstance

4

the times

1

landslide

2

to choose; to select

7

(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream

1

one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke

1

open field; empty lot; plain

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

11

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

2

shrub; shrubbery

1

artificial; unnatural

1

orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim

3

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

13

comfortable; carefree

1

yellow; amber

1

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

1

gathering

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

2

contrast

1

to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out

1

red-berried elder (Sambucus racemosa subsp. sieboldiana); Japanese elderberry

2

as soon as; right after

3

to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)

1

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

10

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

1

to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated

3

to do for (the sake of someone else)

2

small fire

3

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

2

isn't it; right?; you know?

1

then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

5