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future prospects; promise

2

sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position

1

arrangement; preparations; search (by police)

2

to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

3

spy movie; spy film

1

hostile party; enemy side

5

agent

1

to fall in love (with); to love

1

estrangement; alienation; disaffection

4

reputation; respectability

2

to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of

3

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

9

to rub together (e.g. one's hands)

2

to hurry; to rush

1

to let one's hair hang down

2

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter

1

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

15

early morning

5

five o'clock

2

morning fog; morning mist

2

reddish-brown

1

jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)

4

wooden sword

7

imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)

1

shadow

1

telling blow

1

to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

2

to hit and break open; to crush; to smash

2

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

9

disorder; disturbance; unrest

8

to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway

2

smirkingly; smugly; broadly

2

pitch dark; total darkness

1

to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

10

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

4

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

14

presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...

11

every time; each round

2

appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom

3

daily routine; daily work; daily lesson

2

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

1

boiled and half-dried bonito

1

(in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny

1

one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind

1

true character; real nature

12

to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)

1

don't finish what you're saying; stop what you're saying

1

somehow; somewhat; seemingly

5

empty stomach; hunger

4