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help; aid; assistance

2

chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses

2

follower; attendant; valet; servant

2

employee; servant

1

group (usu. of people)

1

coming home from school

10

as a child; when one was a child

2

curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

2

personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

1

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

3

to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

1

appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event

1

impossible

2

eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

3

embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed

1

honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

4

to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined

2

to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of

2

having good eyesight

1

a posteriori; acquired

1

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

1

hallucination; illusion

2

daydream; waking dream

1

to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)

3

hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

5

difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps

1

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

1

upper arm

2

to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

1

to pinch; to nip

2

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

2

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

2

astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

6

it's not like; it isn't as if

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

4

to explain adequately; to be accountable

2

at any rate; anyhow

14

(a) few; some; several

10

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

10

corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

2

dark; blackish

1

body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

1

floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly

7

bull's-eye; the mark

3

indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

10

influence; clout; leverage

1

stare; gaze; fixation

7

withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered

7

eerie; spooky

1