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collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection

1

nervous temperament; worrier's disposition

1

to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting

4

one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

1

cache; place to hide something

1

fertile shoot of field horsetail

1

Ukyou

1

confession

1

applicant; candidate

1

transition; change; progress; passing (of time)

2

border line

1

economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal

1

to complete decisively; to do to completion

2

avoiding or dodging responsibility

1

one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)

2

having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret

1

wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely

2

to show in; to usher in

2

to walk; to move forward; to make progress

4

complete desperation

1

omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct

1

water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating

2

to start to drink; to try to drink; to partially drink

1

to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle

1

violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement

1

looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)

2

hair type; hair quality

1

tall chair (e.g. for eating at a counter); bar stool; high chair

1

to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)

1

give-and-take; give and take

1

look-alike; double

1

offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff

2

frankly; honestly speaking; speaking one's mind and holding nothing back; really; extremely

1

grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing

1

chopped kabayaki eel on rice; eel fillets cooked over charcoal with soy flavoured sauce, cut in small pieces and served on rice

1

eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

10

extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out

6

sense of enhanced value of a commodity or service (e.g. from quality, scarcity, etc.)

1

breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction

1

decreasing birthrate and aging population; aging population combined with the diminishing number of children; declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people; dwindling birthrate and an aging population; low birthrate and longevity

1

social awareness (e.g. in fiction)

1

cobra

1

political

1

heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled

2

contribution; service

1

forte; strong point

1

surprise

14

body motion

2

unmarried; not yet married

1

between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

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