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to be helpful; to be useful

14

false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself

1

to shed tears

8

bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency

2

full stop; period; end

1

to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

6

how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

3

(not) one

11

admirable; laudable

2

lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising

4

watchdog

1

after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

13

lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)

5

nightlife districts; drinking districts

1

to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

7

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

5

street corner

1

three; three years of age

9

to go ahead; to pull ahead

2

lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

5

entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly

8

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

25

someone's looks and personal appearance

1

to grasp tightly

13

wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

9

entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

3

Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)

1

time of emergency; (in an) emergency

8

precision; accuracy

8

spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge

7

riskiness; (level of) danger

16

empirical; from experience

2

gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy

11

duty; obligation

17

faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true

5

traveller; traveler

1

peddler; pedlar; hawker

1

(arch.) I; you

2

pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

5

right to know; right to access information

1

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

3

to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)

4

food

35

serious injury

2

presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others

1

to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

6

to squat; to crouch

2

be (that) as it may; having said that

9

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

5

to brush off; to shake off

2