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interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

11

explanation; interpretation

3

myth; legend

3

lesson; precept; teachings; moral

1

exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text

1

merits and demerits; good points and bad points; strengths and weaknesses

1

Caught in the Rain

1

views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect

2

hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation

4

who; what kind of person

12

conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over

1

to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy

1

to fade; to discolour; to discolor

1

sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay

4

to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter

3

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

2

to shrug one's shoulders

11

philosophical

1

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

4

demise

2

preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning

1

frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)

3

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

2

back (of a chair)

4

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

5

moving about; stirring about

1

narrow; thin (sized); slender

2

to sew on

2

more than anything; above all else

1

to take the form (of); to assume a shape

1

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

2

handicap

1

on the occasion of

2

to be jealous; to be envious

3

work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

4

intermittent

1

to stab to death

1

to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

7

lukewarm; tepid; lenient

1

liquid

1

to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength

6

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

6

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

1

palimpsest

1

to inform; to notify; to know; to reign

3

to be born again; to make a fresh start in life

3

belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of

3

trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype

3

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

5

emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

3