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artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

1

faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

1

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

1

to make up one's mind; to be determined

1

to assemble; to set up; to construct

1

light; faint; pale; fleeting

1

to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive

1

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

5

blunder; slip; error; error

1

clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit

4

so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

1

to spend time (on doing something)

1

fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit

3

hourglass

3

sand; grit

1

harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result

1

nothing but; none other than

1

to bear fruit; to ripen

1

response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect

2

(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake

2

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

3

informal; unofficial

1

to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)

2

earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering

1

to talk; to speak

1

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

6

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

3

intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)

2

troubled face; worried expression

1

to stare back at; to look back at

1

to penetrate; to pervade; to spread

2

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

3

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

11

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

2

to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

2

both parties; both sides

2

to find out; to discover; to locate

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

6

negotiation; agreement

2

union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)

2

republic; commonwealth

3

to the last; persistency; thoroughness

4

defense; defence; protection

7

exemption; exoneration; discharge

3

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

9

at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

13

insufficient; inadequate; imperfect

1

present; existing

1

occupation zone

3

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

3