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useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

2

ordinary person; average person; mediocre person

1

to cross one's mind; to be reminded

2

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

3

it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

2

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

2

lifeline; safety rope; safety tether

1

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both

4

to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war

1

to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

1

to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

1

and then; and so; and; so then

3

to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand

2

law; legislation; act

2

external injury; external wound; (physical) trauma

2

moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant

3

deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)

1

one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)

2

fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

1

to hatch (out)

1

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

1

activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex

1

paradise; Eden

1

dead flesh; carrion

1

seedbed; nursery; seed-plot

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

4

to take time

1

imagination; supposition; guess

3

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

1

decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay

1

maggot; larva; grub

1

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

2

memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage

2

to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter

1

to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

7

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

5

to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse

5

to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen

2

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

1

adult; grown-up

13

to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

2

to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

1

to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson

1

the same age

2

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

1

to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do

1

convenient

2