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this and that; one thing and another

3

raging storm

2

passage

1

written and spoken words; description

1

scorn; mockery; ridicule

2

several people; a few people

10

moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

5

of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless

5

direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt

4

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

11

polish; improvement; burnishing

2

everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty

3

being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work

3

competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; (lit.) 8 faces and 6 arms

3

many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount

2

teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member

18

uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual

1

stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

1

pert; tomboyish; impudent; (arch.) gallant; (arch.) chivalrous

1

to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated

3

point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt

7

unpredictability; element of surprise

4

surprise attack; ambush

2

juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce

1

klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly

3

iron door

3

to kick over; to kick down

1

clanging

1

to make a sound

9

to rust; to become rusty

6

to forcefully open up a hole (in a wall, etc.); to speak frankly, holding nothing back; to throw out (everything inside)

1

cockroach

2

majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance

3

to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded

3

emergency staircase; emergency stairs

4

exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

2

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

2

staff room

8

amount of material resources

6

locational advantage; advantageous position

4

to be highhanded; to be arrogant; to be overbearing

1

distant; cold; formal

3

to apologize for a long neglect of friends (apologise)

1

to renew old friendship

1

to hatch out

1

intimacy; friendship

1

a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition

1

well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

11

reason for being; raison d'être

5