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outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits

1

weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73

2

early afternoon

1

congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder

1

ago; since; before; previous

9

boarding gate (airport); aircraft door

2

line; queue; procession; matrix

1

since; henceforth

2

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

1

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

4

classmate

4

dislike; hatred; fear

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

4

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

5

aha!; yes sir

4

well; now; then

3

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

22

gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)

4

diagonal (line)

4

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

4

to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might

3

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

14

flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head

1

to meet face-to-face

2

surely; certainly

15

first; new

47

tension; mental strain; nervousness

1

vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

10

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

4

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

35

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

12

calm; composed; cool; quiet

4

nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened

1

(not) one

5

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

4

to have a good idea; to be able to predict

1

for a long time

1

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

9

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

7

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

3

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

8

windowpane; window glass

2

slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

12

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

4

under one's eyes; below one's eyes

4

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

8

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

8

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

5

to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind

1

is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

2