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slow-footed

1

to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

1

octagon; star anise (Illicium verum); sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)

1

to sacrifice a bishop

1

hasty act; rash act

1

plants; vegetation

1

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds

3

mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark

1

landing; alighting; touch down

1

spaceship

1

to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)

1

chatter mark (machine tools)

1

assist; assistance

2

provisional; temporary; tentative

2

critical moment; do-or-die situation

3

to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

8

unprecedented; record-breaking

4

last month; previous month

1

canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space

24

taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

1

supervised; under surveillance

1

alternately; by turns

1

meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

2

early-summer rain

1

to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious

1

detour; diversion

3

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

1

scrapbook

12

to cut out; to clip from; to extract

1

account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters

5

concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation

1

to fall asleep

1

note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work

3

to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)

5

matter; item; facts

2

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

2

to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account

1

funeral

1

methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

2

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

1

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

4

making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)

6

encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation

1

several people; some people; a few people; a number of people

1

to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses

1

a short time ago; a while ago; for some time

1

to change

2

representative

1

aging; ageing; adding to one's years

1