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to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known

3

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

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to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

2

to forget to say; to forget to mention

1

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

2

royal family

3

sum total; total amount

4

100,000; hundred thousand

3

kindness; favor; favour

4

lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass

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decoration

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fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor

3

to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed

3

vivid

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colour; color; hue; tints

2

to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish

3

springtime haze

2

corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

1

one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan

1

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

4

interested person; volunteer; supporter

7

art club

1

talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk

3

successively; one after another

3

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

4

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

6

innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh

2

one year ago

1

to go to meet somebody

2

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

1

gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

2

deeply emotive; moving

1

honest; steady

1

our

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to exaggerate

2

pangs of conscience

1

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

3

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

7

after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

1

digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else

2

intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

2

sobbing; weeping; whimpering

1

beginning; start

1

ready consent

2

public and private; official and personal; government and people

2

together; in company

1

tightly; firmly; fast; sharply; keenly

1

damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy

4

to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know

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male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji

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