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yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

2

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

1

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

1

progress; advance; improvement; development

1

human relations; personal relationships

1

very; extremely; exceedingly

1

hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm

1

to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)

1

to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)

2

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

2

to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down

2

timid; faint of heart

1

(political) power; authority; influence

1

to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness

1

to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to

2

tree-planting

1

to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain

3

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

1

to cling

1

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

2

zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)

5

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

3

to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

3

to take time

2

ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base

1

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

3

considerably; fairly; quite

4

to be damaged; to receive damage

1

outbreak of fire

1

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

2

soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)

1

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

1

it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right

1

to smash; to crush

3

in a bad mood

1

to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled

1

rust

1

paints; painting material

2

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

1

can; tin; canned food

1

brush

1

creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)

4

scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean

1

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

1

unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)

1

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

1

attendance; presence; appearance

1

to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

1