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easy to understand

3

intimacy; friendship; familiarity

2

the West; the Occident; Western countries

1

religious; spiritual

1

cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition

1

octopus

1

Shinto shrine

1

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

5

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

1

preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

2

periodic; regular; routine

1

after a short pause

2

to sit down

1

getting on board; sailor; seaman

1

tin (Sn)

1

bell (often globular)

1

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

2

juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink

3

to hand over; to surrender

9

common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull

1

sea breeze

1

comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious

1

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

5

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

1

to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise

2

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

2

to hold in one's mouth

1

to buy more (of something)

1

one house

1

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

5

reconfirmation; double check

1

third day of the month; three days

3

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

1

cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

14

cat ears

1

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

9

whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

2

salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute

3

cartoon-character costume

3

costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)

2

design

2

solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park

1

to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

1

good evening

1

middle of the night; dead of night

1

saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)

2

honour; honor; glory; privilege

4

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

1

only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)

2