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construction work

4

person standing watch; guard duty

1

fishing industry; fishery

1

killing time; keeping oneself occupied; wasting time; waste of time

1

present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress

2

at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else

2

automation

3

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

1

charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity

1

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

2

thing that brings good or bad luck; popular belief; superstition; jinx

3

camp; camping

1

to have a terrible time; to have a hard time

1

stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation

4

offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

1

things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)

1

shellfish; seashell; shell

2

necklace

2

to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

1

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

1

boiling water

1

to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower

1

(raw) material

2

care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude

1

experience; history; record; career

3

hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle

3

if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like

1

gantry crane

1

cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax

4

jumping power

2

impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)

2

secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum

1

planter (container)

1

to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

2

inevitable; necessary

1

magistrate's office

2

cliff top

1

influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely

1

scroll; counter for scrolls

1

double doors (opening from the centre); double-opening from the centre (of doors, casement windows, etc.); filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh

1

to forcefully open up (a hole; in a wall, etc.); to speak frankly; to open one's heart; to throw out (everything inside); to empty (e.g. a box)

1

to smash; to break into pieces

3

snake; serpent; large snake

2

to flutter down

1

cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

1

to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor

1

ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (esp. in piano-playing); fourth toe

1

one's dominant hand; person of ability; skilled person; master-hand

1

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

4

to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish

1