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striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt

1

to be bewitched by a fox; to be confused

1

vague; unclear; elusive; hazy

1

gist; main point

1

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

1

axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

1

otherwise; or else; if not

1

coherence; order; focus; point

1

to take over; to hand over

1

how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

1

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

1

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

4

to look around; to survey

1

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

4

unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting

1

to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

1

though; much as

2

to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal

1

darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

1

to spread one's wings

1

lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily

1

hopter (gadget that allows its user to fly, in the Doraemon manga/anime)

3

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding

1

running out of battery; battery depletion; going flat; loss of energy; depletion of stamina

1

use; utilization; utilisation; application

1

younger sister

3

foreign country

1

really; truly

3

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

3

to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise

1

price; cost; value; worth; value

1

short-term memory

1

long-term memory

1

to be rearranged or transposed

1

carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

2

somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely

1

displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

3

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

2

brain cell

2

miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

1

meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something

1

doing whatever one pleases

1

going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)

2

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

1

to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder

1

what to do

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self-indulgence; doing as one pleases

2

recommendation; endorsement

2