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suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

3

to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out

3

reading (books)

1

detestable; abhorrent; loathsome

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

2

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

2

diary

1

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

1

posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

1

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

1

diligent; industrious

1

in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

1

thought; consideration; thinking

2

repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation

1

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

2

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

1

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

1

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

1

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

1

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

1

wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

1

complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation

1

last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup

1

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

2

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

1

800,000; eight hundred thousand

1

years later

1

society; public; community; social studies

1

in the meanwhile; during the time

3

to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

1

flush; blush

1

quirky; idiosyncratic

1

steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive

1

to encloud; to make dim; to make dull; to tarnish; to obscure; to darken

1

to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

1

to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

2

thereupon; shortly thereafter

1

(short) run; drive; ride; spin

1

editor-in-chief

2

bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)

1

privilege; special right

1

unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

3

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

3

to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in

2

cutout; cutout picture; papercut art

3

world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)

1

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

1

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

1