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sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

3

at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

2

sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

1

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

1

to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

2

indicates emphasis

2

person from the Kansai region

1

false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended

2

Kansai dialect

3

leadership; initiative; spearhead

1

staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance

4

to fail to hear; to miss

1

South Seas

1

more than usual

2

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

4

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

3

atmosphere (esp. of a place or person); mood; vibe; ambience

1

absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme

2

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

2

final; eventual; ultimate

2

designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

1

pro wrestling; professional wrestling

1

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

2

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

7

truly; in earnest

4

participation; joining; entry; adherence

1

then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

3

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

2

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

2

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

2

headache

1

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

4

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

1

false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation

1

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

2

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

6

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

6

thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

1

careful; elaborate; scrupulous

1

to perfect; to detail; to polish; (arch.) to make (inside something)

1

fluent (in a language); flowing

1

brains; brain tissue

4

field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers

2

new religion

1

invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion

3

seminar

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

3

calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind

1

a certain ...; some ...

1