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around the clock; day and night

2

driving force

11

armor; armour

9

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

7

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

5

to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

4

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

2

extreme; extremity

2

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

14

glancing (look)

6

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

6

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

3

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

5

spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention

11

ah; oh; hey!

9

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

11

gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

1

18-litre measuring container

2

conversation

7

taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

3

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

4

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

8

to look down (on); to condescend (to)

2

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

26

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

7

crowd of people

6

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

6

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

5

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

1

same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category

1

to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be

1

good person; virtuous person

10

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

3

making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence

1

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

7

short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain

1

to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)

1

to glare at; to scowl at

6

wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!

3

clapping hands; applause

2

cheer; shout of joy

1

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

2

cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)

1

to wrap up

2

children

6

suffrage; the right to vote

3

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

11

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

2

inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

1

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

4