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to be able to see

4

blindness

4

Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice

2

to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

1

stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)

3

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

bad taste

1

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

1

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

2

refined; elegant

1

life story; personal narrative; story of one's life

1

relation; relative; kind; cordial

1

both parents

1

defeat; lost battle; losing a war

2

gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered

3

orchestral music

1

place of work

2

to look around; to look towards (us)

1

to wear glasses; to put on glasses

1

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

4

having poor eyesight

3

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

2

facing upward

1

sofa bed; sofa-bed; sofabed

1

lying on one's back; lying face upward; lying supine

2

exaggerated; overblown; pretentious

1

bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom

1

thick voice

4

flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

inner room

2

hill; knoll

3

hot spring district (within a town)

4

front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management

2

to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

2

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

12

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

5

death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without

1

though one didn't intend (expect) to

1

ears

1

to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

1

probable; likely

2

to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

1

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

3

sexual relations; physical relations; carnal relations

1

such; like that; in that way

4

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

1

to keep silent

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