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major cleanup; spring cleaning

4

to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect

1

frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

2

to feel hungry; to get hungry

2

sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others

1

mutton; lamb (meat)

1

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

2

ancient time; age of the gods

1

character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

1

the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

2

stone-built

1

carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo

1

bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic

1

many people; a large number of people

1

pretension; assumption (of a title)

1

pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

1

strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously

1

one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

1

changing clothes; change of clothes

1

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

6

mending; repair; darning; patching up

1

aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell

1

herb

8

reserving; storing; setting aside; laying away

1

insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task

8

to get dry

1

drying a futon (by hanging it outside in the sun)

1

airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould)

1

tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables

1

to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply

2

important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency

4

practice; training

1

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

2

early-morning practice

1

calm before a storm; lull before the storm

3

harassment; pestering

1

isolated place; out-of-the-way place; remote part of the land

1

poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable

1

to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)

1

to surround; to encircle; to enclose

2

firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

1

what kind of business; what sort of matter

2

folding one's arms

1

staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising

2

instructor; (fencing) teacher; model

5

trivial; not amounting to much

1

minor injury

1

to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound

1

high quality

1