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careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking

2

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

1

since; henceforth

2

heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth

1

disintegration; self-destruction

1

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

1

foolish talk; idle talk

1

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

6

embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

2

elect (select) few

1

to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

1

not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

5

brackish water

1

inhabiting; living

4

fresh water (i.e. not salt water)

1

offering a prize; prize competition; prize; reward

2

to be found; to be discovered

3

already; too late

3

forest; woods

4

commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner

2

best; greatest; first

2

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

2

in search of; in order to look for

1

to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

1

plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall

1

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

1

riverbed; raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer

2

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

2

(rock) crystal; high purity quartz

5

olden days; former

3

to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe

1

glass; pane

3

production; manufacture

1

success; hit

2

direct management

1

public (facilities, service, etc.); communal

1

museum

1

exhibition; display

1

travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

1

he; him; boyfriend

1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

1

much less; to say nothing of

1

large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)

2

ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)

1

garnet

1

aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful

1

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

2

perception; sensing; noticing

1

delivery

1

detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

1