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just under; a little less than; just short of

2

already; too late

3

makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

1

superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!

1

(in) one's own way

1

oh; ah; I'll be darned

5

mutation

1

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

1

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

1

advice

2

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

12

to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront

2

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

2

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

2

to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

1

gasp; pant

4

what?; what'd you say?

1

to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different

1

with these words; while saying

1

(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually

2

to bear; to endure

1

stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)

1

hunger; starvation

1

lukewarm; tepid; lenient

2

this and that; one thing or another

2

to breathe

1

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

1

to subsist; to keep on living

1

basal metabolism

1

autumn; fall

1

national polity; National Athletic Meet

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

2

title

2

year by year; annually; every year; from year to year

1

scale; scope; plan; structure

1

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

1

equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

1

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

1

senior high school; high school

1

selection; choice; picking out

1

opening of a meeting

1

opening ceremony

1

time difference

1

journal; magazine; periodical

3

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

invitation

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

1

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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