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to open a book

1

human relations; personal relationships

3

rapid development; rapid unfolding

1

story; tale; legend; plot; storyline

4

characteristic

2

focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

1

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

2

plastic bag

1

what the?; what's going on?; what's this?

1

onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

1

a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that

1

without; but if; otherwise; or else

8

huge; big; gargantuan

3

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

2

to start eating

1

charity; almsgiving

1

living by oneself; living alone

1

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

1

to give a reason

1

kitchen; financial situation

3

stray cat; alley cat

1

to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

1

animal

1

virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith

1

sandwich

4

since when; from when; how long

2

cuttlefish; squid

1

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

1

looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

1

company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

1

to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

3

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

2

to be true to nature; to be lifelike

1

to ask a question; to ask questions

4

real intention; true motive; true meaning

1

in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

1

(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

2

iris (of the eye)

1

gradation; gradation haircut; taper

1

tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

1

hereditary; congenital

1

eyesight; vision; visual acuity

1

whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly

1

how old?; what age?

1

danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality

1