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year of one's birth; one's birth year

1

feebleness; weakness; imbecility

1

underdevelopment; poor development; maldevelopment; decreased growth; failure to thrive

1

as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another; objection

1

suitable age

1

paintbrush

1

to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms

1

slow; clumsy; slow-witted; stupid

4

to redeem (from sin); to save

1

leaving something where it is; abandoning something

5

laboratory

1

to be impolite; to be discourteous

1

cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community

1

rite of passage

1

thing that brings good or bad luck; popular belief; superstition; jinx

2

local rule; house rule; ground rule

1

founder (of a company)

1

very; much

1

to leave behind; to misplace; to forget

6

child's tear-stained face

1

as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be

2

looking away; looking aside; outsider's perspective; observer's view

2

nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

1

chasing one another; playing tag

1

frail; flimsy; insubstantial; insignificant; lacking gravitas

1

to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)

4

blonde

2

roll; rolling up; (bread) roll; roller; roll (of a ship, aircraft, etc.); roll film

1

to blow out (a flame)

1

score; sheet music

1

stand for flower vase

1

to possess; to haunt

1

natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix

1

self-satisfaction; rejoicing

1

smoothly; glidingly

2

mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

1

misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful

1

having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of

1

knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things

1

elite

2

selection; choice; screening

2

curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

1

at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

1

to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get

1

kite string; cotton yarn

8

to pull tight; to brace; to tighten

3

spiritual power

2

great adventure

7

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

1

assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together

2