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early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

2

thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly

1

piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love

1

(spaghetti alla) carbonara

1

marinade; marinated food

2

wine vinegar

1

tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

2

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

2

to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite

1

sense of duty (obligation)

1

taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment

1

washing; sashimi chilled in iced water

1

flush; blush

1

tree stump; stubble (rice, etc.)

2

total population

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

5

life expectancy

1

eighty; 80

1

aging (of a population); ageing

1

baby boom generation (of 1947-1949)

1

anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly

1

to rack one's brains

1

(non-documentary) television series; teledrama; television drama; television play; video drama

1

reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

1

thin clouds

1

gathering clouds; group of clouds

1

care; precaution; guarding; caution

1

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

stone wall

1

paving stone; pavement

1

to step firmly (on); to harden by treading

4

singing and dancing; song and dance

1

grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness

1

besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so

2

to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

1

cannot possibly be

1

second magnitude star

1

quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon

1

to blow (of autumn wind); to fall out of love

1

cluster of trees; grove; thicket

4

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness

2

pedestal

2

mercury lamp

5

moth

1

biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)

1

to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do

5

pendulum

1

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening

12

to let slip; to slide; to glide

1