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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)

6

nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened

1

give-and-take; give and take

2

return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

2

to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size

2

woodcutter; lumberjack; logger

2

orchestra

2

to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded

3

hungry; starving

2

with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around

3

grain; cereal; corn

2

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

2

carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately

2

grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching

3

salty-sweet

2

seasoning; flavour; flavor

5

physical; fleshly; corporal

1

red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing

2

springy (texture); puffy

3

to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily

3

feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction

2

to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam

4

hostage

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to put someone to work; to make someone work

2

making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)

4

incoherent; vague; silly; foolish

1

clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain

15

aesthetic feeling; aesthetic sense; sense of beauty

1

out of the question; unthinkable; impossible

3

good-looking; fair; beautiful

1

very strange; bizarre; weird; mysterious

1

brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor

2

to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)

4

several days later

1

incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

7

of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after

1

nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy

1

sensor

2

person of doubtful origin

8

half-roasted; half-baked; rare

1

jealousy; roasted rice cake

1

flirting; making out

3

to be jealous

1

flaring up; bursting into flames

1

big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

3

waiting to see one's opponent's move; playing a waiting game

2

many; many kinds

1

quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead

1

late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer

2

acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason

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