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punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)

6

efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success

1

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

3

for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

2

to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in

1

seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)

2

to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up

2

thickness; profundity; depth; thickness; strong and tight group or wall of stones

1

(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)

4

silence

1

to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away

2

spot; point; place; position

4

agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting

5

in its entirety; whole; wholly

1

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

1

very recently; in the very recent past

1

arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)

1

thought; consideration; thinking

2

selfish; asking too much

1

compensation; equivalent value; consideration

1

half century

1

to pursue

1

property; fortune; assets

2

exchange; conversion

1

to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish

1

thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)

1

(one's) figure; build; physique; style

1

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

3

same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism

1

second; number two; runner-up

1

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

2

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

6

to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of

1

junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student

1

having great hopes for (someone's future); expecting much of; pinning one's hopes on

1

successor

1

to feel nostalgic for the past; to look back fondly on the old days; to yearn for days gone by

1

joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)

4

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

2

breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure

1

program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming

1

postponement; deferment; adjournment

1

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

2

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

3

in groups of twos and threes; in small groups; (lit.) (in groups of) threes and fives

1

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

2

to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)

7

to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

6

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

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