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to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint

3

unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy

1

cork stopper; (bottle) cork

1

shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)

1

lushly green; verdant

2

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

2

the farthest ends; the furthest ends

1

yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so

1

to get used to hearing

2

(gun) battery; fort

3

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

2

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

1

big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome

2

uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely

2

sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep

1

to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate

3

unworthy; unbecoming; improper

2

to establish an emotional bond with; to reach out to; to relate to

1

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

1

taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation

3

flood; flooding

3

dam; weir; barrier; sluice

1

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

1

good performance; good work; great success

1

fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method

5

spearhead

1

ray (of light); beam; light

1

scope; valid range; effective range (e.g. in broadcasting); coverage

2

if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

2

excellent plan; best policy

1

distant place; faraway location; far away

2

means; method

5

to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)

1

changing for the better

2

originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

2

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

1

critical

1

conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence

3

quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient

1

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

2

useless; worthless; silly; trivial

2

exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time

1

sign; indication

3

orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course

3

whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place

2

(volcanic) crater; caldera; burner (of a boiler)

1

sublimation; sublimation (of an impulse); sublimation (i.e. transforming into a purer or nobler form)

4

one's own way (esp. of an assertive man); one's own approach

1

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring

3

to divide in two; to divide in half; to divide (among); to apportion; to portion out

1