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backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion

2

prediction; estimation

2

to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

6

authenticity; credibility

3

weather; fair weather; fine weather

2

clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

2

to cause laughter; to extract a smile

1

to be softened; to calm down

1

thousands; several thousand

3

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

4

standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing

1

booth

1

establishment; founding; organization; organisation

1

history

2

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

1

laboratory; seminar room; professor's office

1

(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route

2

to make merry; to be festive

2

why; how come; unfortunately; alas

1

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

1

vice; immorality; corruption

1

stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession

1

hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)

2

to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

1

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

4

suspicious; doubtful; dubious; questionable; fishy

1

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

2

and yet; though; when; in spite of

2

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

1

to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)

6

to occupy much space

1

to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

1

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

1

viewing

1

evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

1

colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

1

summer

2

several times (as large, over)

1

heat wave; fierce heat

1

cicada; locust; small-sized pulley

1

air conditioner; cooler

1

high-school baseball

1

sea; ocean; waters

1

bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers

1

watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

1

yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe

1

summer festival; summer matsuri

1

inexperienced

1

dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)

2

to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root

1