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way of calling

3

standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal

5

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

2

immediately; right away; on the spot

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious

1

means; way; measure

1

in a good mood; cheerful

3

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

3

butterfly

1

to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life

2

moth

1

face value; par

1

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

1

to go; to come

1

to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits

2

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

2

grudge; spite; malice; rancor

1

relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)

1

mortal enemy; sworn enemy; nemesis

1

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

12

next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence

3

war; fighting; fierce competition

1

outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence

1

addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)

2

immediate reply

1

over-familiar

1

god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

1

god (esp. the Christian God)

1

to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

2

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

3

last night; yesterday evening

31

apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

7

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

3

psychological description

1

on the other hand

1

full of; brimming with

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

3

while in class

1

school store; co-op

1

copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

2

roguish; impish

1

words of praise; eulogy; compliment

1

cheek (of face)

3

flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely

1

hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense

3

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

1

running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry

1

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

1

to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

1