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pain; agony; bitterness

3

city library; municipal library; public library

6

property; possession

3

laminate

2

to lose sight of; to miss

15

scion; cion; (horticultural) graft; opportunity to continue a conversation

1

triple time; three important requisites

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

18

very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

8

love story; romance

3

ascetic practice of silence

1

sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity

1

long (e.g. novel, film)

2

one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around

1

number of characters; number of letters; word count

1

peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

4

finishing reading

3

to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw

7

bookshop; bookstore

3

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

2

rectangle; oblong

2

to slip off

4

phrase; strawberry

5

recitation; reciting from memory

3

to hold one's breath

1

term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)

10

Ming (typeface); Minchō

4

getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

19

back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)

4

to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude

1

similar to; like

6

matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

2

dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic

1

character string

6

to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to

4

breaking down; defeating; abolishing

5

twentieth day of the month; twenty days

3

pleasant surprise

1

slow pace

1

lava

1

souvenir; memento

1

to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)

1

to return; to come back

2

in haste

5

to get between; to be caught in

1

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

4

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

8

ending up right back where one started

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

2