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to return; to come back

6

holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night

1

what day; how many days

5

separation; farewell; parting

1

the number of days; date

2

every week

1

so-and-so; who?; which people?

1

delivery of goods

1

to be the case that

1

tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement

6

restless; fidgety; in a hurry

2

without an occupation; unemployed; jobless

1

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

5

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

2

steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy

1

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

4

lately; recently; nowadays

3

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

1

chair; stool; post; office; position

26

to sit (down)

3

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

12

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

4

to scan; to look over

2

printing technique

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

2

technical book; specialized book; treatise

1

to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around

2

thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual

1

high-class item

1

freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly

1

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

3

inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

3

terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

3

to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)

1

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

2

paper

11

fountain pen

2

to transcribe; to copy

1

good

1

as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

4

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

2

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

2

originally; by nature; from the start

13

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

3

work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty

3

silent; mute; dumb

1

moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing

1

boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque

2