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with a start; with a jump

1

to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up

2

big; large; great

1

to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

1

telephone directory; telephone book; phone book

3

telephone call; telephone (device)

4

Fire Service Act

1

long (time that has passed); old (story)

1

clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom

2

doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm

1

face contorted and about to cry

4

with a whack; with a smack; (answering a question) directly; definitively

1

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

1

to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

1

important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination

1

bow (weapon); bow; bowknot; bow tie

1

naming rights

1

to throw back

1

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)

2

sour kombu prepared with black vinegar

6

sour kombu prepared with black vinegar

1

human speech; human language; sound of people talking

1

three; 3

1

universe; cosmos; space

1

centre; center; center fielder

1

exhibition hall (room, area)

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

5

moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)

3

to drool; to dribble; to slobber

7

to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

2

with a clink; with a soft thud; with a faint snap (e.g. of a book closing); suddenly; all of a sudden

1

front right; front and right; before and right; right side under (clothing)

4

strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness

1

adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation

1

lightheadedness; disorientation; wobbliness; staggering

1

body soap

4

foaming; frothing; lathering

1

liquid; fluid

1

to rub together (e.g. one's hands)

1

to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit

4

to end one's life; to end one's days; to die

1

bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)

11

to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather

1

to find out

1

bump; lump; protuberance; swelling

1

to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it; to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall

1

to be squashed by; to be pinned under

1

to scoop up; to dip up

1

Russian Empire (1721-1917)

1

victim (esp. someone killed); casualty

1