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flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

1

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

4

liking; taste; choice

1

aunt; old lady; ma'am

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

2

formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

1

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

1

exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous

1

sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance

2

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

1

after; later

3

three people

4

-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)

2

long desk; long table

1

same age

1

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

1

three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold

1

four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold

1

probable; likely

1

age; era; period; date

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

2

commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner

1

place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed

1

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

2

feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

3

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

3

that is to say; so that means

2

front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

3

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

1

both; both sides; both parties

1

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

4

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

1

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

2

pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

2

indirectly; obliquely

3

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

4

to straighten oneself

1

principal; headmaster

13

cask; barrel

2

greeting; a fine thing to say

1

this school; the school in question

9

establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

3

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

2

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

3

please

4

suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)

1

(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

2

grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)

1