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to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

3

to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)

7

cloud of dust

9

trace; vestige; evidence

1

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

8

resolute; determined; bold

1

trivial; not amounting to much

10

parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)

1

(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing

1

lazy son; profligate son

1

to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

11

isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility

11

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

1

sandy beach

3

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

1

open; frank; liberal; open-minded

1

a period of two days

2

meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect

2

samurai residence

1

giant

2

Marco; Marko

1

total situation fully understood; understood; agreed

1

unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time

1

the late; the deceased

3

exhausting work; hard work; severe duty

1

therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence

4

for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

3

(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

1

pro wrestler

1

accommodation; lodging

8

one family

1

one house

1

cottage

13

to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to

6

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

1

to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess

4

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

6

bedroom

20

freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)

2

shorts

1

sunglasses

4

straw hat

2

grey moustache; white beard

1

immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires

1

older brother; elder brother

4

yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

1

shyness

2

bikini (swimwear); Bikini island

6

to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

1

exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure

2