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(opening of a) wound; cut

4

recovery; undoing; recall

1

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

2

barometer (instrument); measure (e.g. of one's health); indicator; index

1

bank; weir; embankment; levee

1

prudent-looking

1

with a twitch; twitchingly

1

to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)

1

lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration

1

bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune

1

to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps

1

task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work

2

shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled

3

thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst

1

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

1

part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)

1

weird; disgusting; sickening

1

academic; scholarly; scientific

3

to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of

1

without advance notice

1

systematic; regular; routine

2

ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger

3

to comb down; to smooth down

3

to laugh at someone scornfully; to scoff at

1

in this manner; in this way; like this

5

detailed; minute

1

useless member of society; hopeless case; failure

2

measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel

1

shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation

1

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

1

gland

1

end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)

1

innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence

3

intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness

1

to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)

2

Dirty Hands (1948 play by Jean-Paul Sartre)

1

number of times; frequency; count

2

later on; eventually; afterwards

3

declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility

1

indispensable; essential

2

to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body

2

examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test

1

(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry

1

(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); breaking out (of a pimple, swelling, etc.); pricking (e.g. with a needle)

1

regrettable defeat; defeat by a narrow margin

1

floundering while nearly drowning; suffering

1

who the heck; just who

2

always having a comeback; fast-talking

1

feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers

1

deep blue; navy blue

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