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just before

4

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

2

to divert; to distract

2

coming home from school

1

indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

2

complete; whole; perfect; safe

1

walking sound; footsteps

1

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

1

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

1

small; fine; detailed; stingy

3

wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)

1

orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim

1

to sit (down)

2

unusual space; other dimension

1

to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into

1

to stand stock still

7

to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

2

fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)

1

to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

to glare at; to scowl at

4

because of; owing to; due to

2

to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious

1

noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing

1

to get back together (with a former partner)

2

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

1

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

2

near; close; beside; third person

6

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

1

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

1

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

1

to fear; to be afraid of

2

too much; excessively; too

2

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

4

musical note; note symbol; phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning)

2

copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

4

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

1

before long; even now

3

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

2

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

1

to make a lasting impression

2

to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall

5

many times

3

shivering; trembling

1

ruin; destruction; fall

6

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

3

to raise (one's head)

1

languidly; loosely

1

one's eyes; (pair of) eyes

1

go on!; right!; here goes!

1