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showing no sign (of)

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stop; stoppage; end

1

exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

8

showy; ostentatious

1

front tooth

2

immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay

1

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

1

stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling

6

with a thud

1

to butt heads; to head-butt

1

completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)

2

to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

1

to get in touch with

1

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

2

separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation

1

acceleration; speeding up

3

anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation

2

iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable

1

rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles

3

I have nothing to do with it

1

damned; cursed; accursed

1

Doppler effect

1

intelligence

1

handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)

2

to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead

1

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

1

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)

5

dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible

1

to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict

5

clock to be placed on tables, bookshelves, etc. (as opposed to a watch)

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

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Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later

4

Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

1

Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure

1

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

1

quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

1

wind and rain; rainstorm

1

vintage

1

jeans; dungarees

1

V-neck

1

sleepwalking; somnambulism; noctambulism

1

to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with

1

in those days

1

restoration; repair; mending

1

crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby

1

neighbors; neighbours

1

worry; anxiety; concern

2

whenever you want; any time you like

1

handrail; railing; banister

5

(battery) charger; AC adapter

1