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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

3

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

1

(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase

7

practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

3

class

1

early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk

1

drama; play; powerful drug

7

oh, yes?; really?

2

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

3

mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

2

funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

3

size

1

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

1

for your information; I'm telling you

1

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

1

to pep up; to cheer up

1

important; essential; significant; major; key; principal

1

in that way; thus; so; the same; so?

3

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

1

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

1

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

1

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

1

blunder; bungle; clumsiness

3

still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

1

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

1

preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving

1

bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless

1

thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

3

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

1

absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

4

to go to see; to visit

2

book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

4

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

1

adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid

2

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

2

sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question

1

dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

2

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

1

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

4

to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)

1

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

3

kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

1

to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then

3

one more time; once more; once again

1