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unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

2

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

1

triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits

1

Thursday

1

suited figure; person in a suit

1

returning from school; going home from school

1

report; information

3

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

2

obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

1

privately; with outsiders barred; en famille

1

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

3

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

2

otherwise; if not; or else

2

drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

2

to show in; to usher in

1

... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

2

(a) few; some; several

4

well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)

1

to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

3

simple; plain; modest

2

table

4

tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami

1

to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject

1

summoning of a sworn witness (court, Diet); subpoena

2

politics; government

1

calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

1

as soon as; right after

2

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

3

what

3

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

5

process; course; mechanism

1

to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)

1

you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

3

by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking

2

intervention

3

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

2

measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment

2

bolt from the blue; great surprise

1

state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

5

beginning; start

1

dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)

7

having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something

1

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

2

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

1

to become desperate; to give in to despair

2

then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

1

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

2

to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess

1

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

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