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without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

2

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

3

challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive

1

stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation

1

(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

1

to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

1

questionnaire; survey; poll

7

rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts

1

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

6

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

2

powering up

1

surely; certainly

2

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

3

then; well; so; be; is

5

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

1

young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

1

expression; presentation; representation; notation

2

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

2

it seems that; as if

1

drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics

1

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

2

language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

1

wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to

5

by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

1

youth; young man

1

should; must; -able; probably; likely

4

like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

1

prize; award

1

being selected (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); being accepted; winning

1

publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

2

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

2

sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

1

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

2

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

6

colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

3

singing voice; (sound of) singing

1

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

1

the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

4

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

1

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

1

novel; original; new; innovative

1

rather than

1

picture book

1

musical

1

feeling; sense; impression

1

surreal; surrealism; shul; schul

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

2

artistic

1