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to begin to drink

2

on the rocks; alcoholic drink served with ice cubes

1

knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle

8

grape; grapevine

2

Shaki (Nigeria)

1

nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

2

artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding; to win someone over (with food); to butter up

1

connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

2

climax; uprush; bulge

2

to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers

2

pink; erotic; blue; pornographic

7

petal

6

blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms

4

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

7

falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)

1

to flutter down

1

brandy

1

saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

4

person of character

1

bay; gulf; inlet

3

birth (esp. of a famous person); nativity

3

small hill; low hill; hillock

3

life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic

1

robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy

6

change; alteration; modification

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exaggeration

3

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

2

replica

1

one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N

2

local specialty; special product (of a region)

2

sudden; abrupt; unexpected

2

maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze

6

taboo; contraindication

3

to be betrayed; to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time

1

intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into

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weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight

3

to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

2

laughing embarrassedly and sticking out one's tongue

2

to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of

1

surely; certainly; no doubt; must

6

disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn

3

to pull up by the roots

1

dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization

3

opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access

1

the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly

2

continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption

3

sheep (Ovis aries)

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to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

5

to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

1

inheritance; something given or received

2