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to find out; to discover; to locate

8

student's handbook; small notebook that also acts as a student ID

1

frontal lobe

2

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

1

from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

4

manservant

1

to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live

1

terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)

27

sexual desire; sex drive; lust

1

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

4

hypothalamus

1

limbic system

1

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

1

questions and answers; dialogue

2

reset; fresh start; new beginning

1

restart; reboot

1

limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

4

Kumiko

9

sofa; couch

13

falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off

2

clock; watch; timepiece

9

to oversleep

1

welcome home

2

to meet; to greet

3

relax

2

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

8

stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny

1

major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle

1

enrolling at a cram school

1

putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank

2

New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)

1

to save up (money)

2

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

6

another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand

7

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)

2

rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

2

what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

2

stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate

1

to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

1

headphone

2

concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works

17

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

1

to take one's eyes off

5

husband

6

to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press

1

neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession

1

doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

3

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

3

opinion; point of view

3

to become better; to improve

2