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to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

2

slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet

2

step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)

1

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

1

finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

1

in one's own way or style

2

at a stroke; with a single swoop

1

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

2

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

4

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

2

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

2

companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character

2

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

3

to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)

3

reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel

2

in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

2

to talk; to chat; to chatter

8

to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)

2

to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

9

fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

2

portion; section; part

2

uropod

2

crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

3

huh?; what's up?

4

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

16

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

1

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

1

to be smashed up

2

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

1

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

1

disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

1

with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

2

space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

5

to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble

1

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

3

big tree

2

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

5

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

6

fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves

1

to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate

2

several years; a few years

1

dry weather; drought

1

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

2

to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)

2

to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack

4

naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

3

water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap

1

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

2

one by one; one after another; successively

2