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to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about

4

by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat

1

self-motivation; spontaneity; spontaneousness

3

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

1

mind

2

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

1

conspirators; faction; cabal; clique

1

cave; hollow; cavity; hollow

1

being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria

1

to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw

1

self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I

1

average; mean; balance; equilibrium

2

(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam

1

poor and lowly

1

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

3

un-; non-; negative prefix

2

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

1

existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive

2

agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)

1

Minatoshi

8

on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

1

hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)

1

dining car

2

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

1

dinner; evening meal

1

-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)

1

table

4

empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post

1

sixty; 60

1

elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article

1

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

1

to sit down

2

one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)

4

under one's arm; (in) the armpit

1

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

3

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

3

facing; opposite; across the street; other side

1

to sit on a seat

1

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

1

carrying (child) under arm

1

oh!; oh?; my!

1

business suit

1

tie; necktie

2

overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle

2

to put on (coat, gown, etc.)

1

striped pattern

1

flat cap; cloth cap; newsboy cap; (hunting) cap

1

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

4

already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)

1

to become grimy or dirty

1