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after ages; posterity; future life; the next world

1

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

5

to blossom; to flower; to bloom

1

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

4

to pile up; to accumulate

1

to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper

1

to strike a chord; to tug at one's heartstrings; to resonate

1

Zito

1

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

4

to stick into; to pierce; to run into

2

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

6

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

1

harp; lyre

7

real thing; original; actual

1

to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

3

married woman's secret lover; paramour; adultery (by a married woman)

1

older sister; elder sister

5

Doris; Dorris

34

born of the same mother; kindred spirits

5

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

2

for a while; for some time; for a period

1

to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

2

kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers

51

feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

7

small bird; little bird

16

birdcage

1

bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

3

scale

1

mysterious; mystical

3

quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

3

relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief

1

female image

1

decoration; ornament; trimmings

1

to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part

1

musical instrument

2

trial and error

1

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

2

dignified; majestic; stately; lordly; commanding

3

to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

1

pleasant; charming

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

3

this sort of

4

greeting; a fine thing to say

2

speech; expression; wording; language

2

to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

2

one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn

2

rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

2