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to gain in skill; to improve; to get better

2

to be hanged; to be struck dead; to eat one's hat

1

to feel gloomy; to have doubts (e.g. about the future); to be at a loss (e.g. over what to do)

1

tar

1

spray; splash

2

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

1

to pieces; into shreds

1

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

1

vomiting; emesis

1

resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating

1

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

1

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

to get on; to climb on

1

sea basses; groupers

1

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

2

to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated

1

to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up

1

selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage

2

mouth with a protruding lower lip and jaw; socket; receiving window; slot

2

with a gulp; gulping down (e.g. by a baby); swallowing

1

to plunder; to capture; to seize; to snatch away; to steal; to grab away

1

neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town

1

to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy

1

polite language (e.g. masu, desu)

1

honorific language

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)

1

great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge

1

to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry

1

to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

1

harmony

2

to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with

1

to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor

1

to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

1

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

1

leather-covered

1

elegance; refinement; grace; aroma

2

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

1

chief (of police); head (of office)

1

toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)

1

common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace

1

mop

1

mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke

6

pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider

2

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

1

birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday

2

no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever

1

if is not; if are not

1

granite

1

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

1

manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks

1