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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

2

human relations; personal relationships

3

to occur; to happen

2

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

6

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

1

to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall

1

and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

1

viewing as a problem; problematizing

1

to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still

2

big problem

1

tacit understanding; unspoken agreement

1

matter; item; facts

2

extent; scope; sphere; range; span

2

alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

1

jumping to a wrong conclusion

2

suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up

1

to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way

1

duel; shoot-out

1

to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge

1

problematical statement; controversial statement

1

to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

3

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

1

skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery

1

well; now; then

2

to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

2

unfairness; injustice; partiality

1

involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

8

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

5

condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

1

to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty

2

to grumble; to complain

5

walking briskly; determinedly

1

to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

1

or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

4

palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap

1

bottom; buttocks

1

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

6

stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

2

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

1

elbow strike (karate)

2

to send in

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

6

to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

1

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

24

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

8

the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

2

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

7

to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

2

metre; meter; meter; gauge

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