Vocabulary list: Ascendance of a Bookworm

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to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing
2
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
3
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
4
もくもく
Top 25000
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
1
almost; nearly; close to
6
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
134
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
3
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
18
計けい
Top 7100
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
4
cost accounting
3
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
7
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
6
payment
29
to pay
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night work
2
middle of the night; dead of night
27
power; might; authority; influence
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speeding up; speed-up
2
peeling; paring; skinning; parer; peeler; paring-knife
8
七ななつ
Top 12200
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
13
焦あせる
Top 2000
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
65
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
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to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
25
crosswise
2
cut; notch; raid; attack
8
on the occasion of; at the time of
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just right (time, size, length, etc.)
2
to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
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to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
10
ashamed
2
cross; cross shape; sign of the cross
5
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
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to insert; to put between; to tuck (into)
4
contrastive
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下さがり
Top 44800
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers; leaving (one's master's place for home)
1
to get tired of eating; to have enough of (a food)
1
捲めくる
Top 23800
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
38
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
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ほろほろ
Top 43700
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
8
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
6
to writhe (in agony)
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to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
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strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
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旨うまみ
Top 31600
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
11
ぎゅう
Top 13900
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
3
うまうま
Top 48300
successfully; nicely; (yummy) food; yum-yum
1
to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly
7
なめる
Top 5400
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
8
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
4
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
1