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fly ball; fly (esp. in fishing bait); flying

2

bento; Japanese box lunch

9

to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

1

yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat

1

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

2

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

1

choice; selection

1

difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

junior high school student; middle school pupil

1

fantasy

2

existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling

1

exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)

2

authenticity; credibility

1

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

1

to bring; to take; to bring about

3

beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive

2

to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

1

impossible to understand; impossible to decipher

1

American person

1

feminine; effeminate

2

to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

1

origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

1

to lay out a futon; to make a bed

1

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

3

Mars (planet)

2

allegory; fable; parable

1

receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)

2

to follow another's example

2

whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

1

which; what (way)

1

program (e.g. TV); programme

4

televising; broadcasting; airing

1

to kneel

1

variety show (e.g. on TV)

1

tendency; trend; inclination

2

touché; you've got me there

1

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

2

to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly

2

seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)

3

training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video)

1

orders; instructions; directive; command

2

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

1

global scale

1

any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever

1

intervention

3

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

2

hereabouts; around there; that area

2

the Japanese spirit

1

confusion; mixing; merger

1