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topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

2

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

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to keep silent

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nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

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although I say; although one might say; although called

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short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability

1

clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)

1

to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour

1

to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

2

oh; ah

1

bull's-eye; the mark

1

to be at a loss for words

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frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere

3

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

2

(romantic) love

4

to fall in love (with); to love

1

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

2

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

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(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

1

tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

3

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

2

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

1

I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?

1

to rest one's chin in one's hands

2

one party; one faction; one clique

2

to sit silently at a meeting

1

each and all; every single one; everybody

1

doing whatever one pleases

2

to move around

2

cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation

1

nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be

1

you

2

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

1

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

1

unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of

1

to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion

1

to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos

1

specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

1

individual; private person; personal; private

1

near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

2

to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

1

impulse; impetus; urge

2

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

1

to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)

1

field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

3

nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing

1

lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt

1

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

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