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one person; another name; nickname; alias

5

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

3

discouraged; dispirited; despondent

2

to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over

2

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

1

inside one's heart; in one's mind

2

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

1

each one

1

to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind

1

absolutely; positively; decidedly

5

hypothesis; supposition; assumption

1

high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous

1

reply; answer; response

2

few in number

1

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

2

convenience store

1

part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite

1

gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

1

to return; to come back

4

more than usual; especially; particularly

1

shop manager

1

to hit; to beat; to shout at; to yell at

1

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

2

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

1

act; deed; conduct

1

penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism

1

(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate

3

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

1

everything one does; whatever one does

1

to be worn down; to be reduced

1

ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

1

five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

10

senior high school student

1

too much; excessive; too

2

to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

2

postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)

1

electricity charges; power rates

1

water rates (charges)

1

details; particulars; detailed; minute; detailed statement

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

1

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

2

shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

1

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

1

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

2

overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty

1

forgetting; lapse of memory

1

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

7

to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

1

just out of the bath

1