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to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

8

to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

2

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

1

matter; thing; affair; circumstance

1

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning

1

how; in what way; by what means

5

to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

3

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

4

Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)

2

attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.

9

coincident with; while; simultaneously

5

correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

1

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

7

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

1

simply; merely; only; solely

1

three; 3

9

so much; so; like that

1

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

2

long ago; already; a long time ago

3

engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson

1

fire; flame; blaze

3

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

2

even; but; however

5

as far as I know

2

to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter

3

state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances

1

under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

1

realistic; pragmatic

1

emphasis-adding particle

1

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

1

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

1

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

2

child's room; nursery

1

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

10

question; inquiry; enquiry

1

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

1

all; entire; whole; altogether

1

to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)

1

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

1

genius; prodigy; natural gift

3

aptitude; aptness; suitability

6

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

3

to do (for someone)

1

six; 6

2

-years-old

6

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

3

hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

1