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sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness

22

to crush (with the weight of misfortune)

2

(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly

2

look; glance; stone (in the game of go)

2

to burst (open); to break; to split

1

sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance

2

to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry

1

to backbite

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

given the circumstances; such being the case

1

to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

1

disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry

2

organization for local children (for growth via sports, study, service, etc.)

4

recital; recitation; public reading

4

literacy rate

1

(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court

1

theatre-going; theater-going

1

ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book

2

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue

12

softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)

2

to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand

1

cultural exchange

2

sword bean (Canavalia gladiata)

2

uncooked rice

2

bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely

2

with a click

2

to take a picture

9

to be photographed; to be projected

8

please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

5

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

4

educational institution

3

chief executive

2

sovereign; ruler; head of state

1

early on; earlier on; from early

2

breakfast

5

pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables

1

simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish

6

viscously; stickily

1

taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo

1

favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title

1

consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

7

to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

8

to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

1

intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

6

oldies

1

rock 'n' roll; rock and roll

1

standard number

1

extraterrestrial

1

voyager

1