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brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

1

frame-by-frame recording (animation); stop motion

1

film

1

to pass; to go past

1

with a splash; with a plop

1

having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way

1

nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened

2

you; I; me; oneself

3

what color

1

serial killer

1

title; heading; topic; subject; Nichiren chant

4

writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning

8

every week

4

note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work

3

publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

1

portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face

1

to break down crying

1

interview (on television, in a newspaper, etc.)

1

commentator

2

resentment; indignation; anger

2

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

1

exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of

8

pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)

1

to worry

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

to encourage; to cheer

1

mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better

1

company; corporation; firm; one's workplace

2

boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom

1

fact-finding investigation; investigation into actual conditions; fact-finding survey

1

token (gesture, gift, etc.); (done) for form's sake; for the sake of appearances

1

unsigned; unregistered

2

questionnaire; survey; poll

1

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

3

education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education

1

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

1

national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

2

previous week

1

week

1

direct

1

number of characters per line, page, etc.

2

blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper

3

nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious

1

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

1

to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of

1

even

4

presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

2

shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)

1

go home; get out

1

enumeration; citation; listing

3