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invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion

2

act; deed; conduct

2

Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty

7

order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words

1

future (usually near); prospects

2

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

3

to carry around; to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.); to be indirect

1

way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

6

to do

9

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

5

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

9

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

4

engagement; betrothal

2

so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...

1

be; is

1

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

2

several seconds

1

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

5

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

3

nod; inclination of the head

1

to see through; to see the true nature of something

9

marriage; matrimony

19

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

10

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

11

duty; obligation

4

worry; anxiety; concern

1

(a) few; some; several

3

deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong

12

(one's) age

1

difference; variation; difference

9

major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued

1

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

3

age difference; disparity in age; age gap

1

reference; allusion

2

age difference; age gap

2

one hand

2

in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range

2

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

7

-years-old

8

16; sixteen

1

four

3

four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips

2

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

2

to hate; to dislike

2

such; like that; that sort of; very

13

tide; current; tendency; trend

1

personal; individual; private

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

4

actually; really

1

from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

3