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reopening after renovation

2

fully prepared; all ready

1

renovation; overhaul; update; repair; improvement; renewal

1

to impress (someone)

1

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

2

large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting)

2

catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water

1

blanket

4

to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up

1

to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep

1

to get (someone's) help; to ask for help

2

to hurt one's reputation; to be ashamed of oneself; to lose one's honour

1

to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

10

Oh no; Oh dear

1

of all people

1

not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful

1

good morning

1

unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy

1

to prohibit

1

puberty; adolescence

3

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

2

crabbily; unsociably

1

butterfly

5

emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings

3

image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)

1

many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time

1

abrupt; sudden

1

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)

2

early rising

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

1

grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

2

feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

3

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

2

ill will; malice; evil intent

1

double tooth; protruding tooth (like a fang)

3

butterfly

4

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

2

unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed

1

what; what?; hey!

1

navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

3

gesture; charades (game)

1

balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp

1

platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala

1

breakfast

1

bang; whump; boom

1

jest; joke; funny story

1

napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage

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nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

2

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

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