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to comb (one's hair)

1

wooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics; the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)

1

picture book

1

to buy as a gift

1

sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface

1

caustic words

2

awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely

2

trouble; bother; annoyance

4

second daughter

1

come; go; stay; welcome

1

affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

11

Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)

1

small bear; bear cub

1

place for storing things; container; compartment; closet; pocket

3

to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly

2

night

3

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

1

words of praise; eulogy; compliment

1

dishwashing; doing dishes

1

coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy

5

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

5

to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate

1

to view the past with nostalgia

2

dispute; argument; contention

3

this for sure; certainly is

2

pain of love; love troubles

1

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

3

slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble

2

warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow

1

wide difference; a world of difference

2

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

2

like that; that way; thus

1

approach run; run-up

1

to rant and rave; to raise hell

1

meow; miaow; cat; kitty; pussy cat

1

hey; hold on; come on

1

to bail out (water); to scoop out

1

to occupy much space

1

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

4

real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

1

to strangle to death

1

Edo period inspection of rice plants

1

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

1

disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn

6

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

2

change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)

1

to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

4

as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all

2

superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries

3

very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast

2