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bust (sculpture); half-length portrait

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second floor; upstairs

2

national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)

2

Western countries; (former) Western Bloc countries

1

study; library; den; home office; reading room

9

to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)

3

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

1

book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures

1

creature; creation

1

to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy

1

can; tin; canned food

8

end of an eyebrow

1

I; me

5

mother; wife

1

to scatter; to disperse; to spend on; to squander (e.g. one's fortune); to chase away (e.g. one's worries); to kill (pain)

1

to grumble; to gripe; to complain

1

treasure; precious article; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash

1

above the ceiling

2

walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)

1

unused

1

to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid

1

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

4

sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)

1

preface; foreword; introduction

1

serious illness

2

drastic; radical

1

writing pressure; pen pressure; strength of a brushstroke

1

to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious

2

form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font

1

however; because; as

7

self-interest; selfish desire; greed

1

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

1

strumming; thrumming; plunking; plonking

2

talk; chat

1

greedy

2

half and half; fifty-fifty

1

result (of an election); success or defeat (in an election); winning or losing (a lottery, raffle, etc.)

1

unity; union; solidarity; combination; banding together; teaming up

12

to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)

2

now that you say that; now that you mention it

1

to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind

1

logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent

1

plot (of a story)

1

intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex

1

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

2

to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down

2

pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to

1

vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye

1

to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity

1

exposure; disclosure

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