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to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with

2

popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

2

with a light thud

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stupefaction

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to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

1

cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed

1

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

1

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

1

evening sun; setting sun

1

red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

1

background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

2

standing tall; towering; soaring

1

to be burned down

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otherwise; or else; if not

1

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

1

sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly

1

excessive bleeding; massive bleeding

1

resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness

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characteristic

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

1

monorail

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elevated (structure); overhead

1

signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

1

sign; mark; flag

1

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

1

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

1

to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

1

evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

1

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

2

small; fine; detailed; stingy

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grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

2

to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale

1

staying behind; remaining; residual

1

thought

1

to shed light; to cast light

1

bubble; foam; froth; head on beer

2

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

1

carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)

1

to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe

1

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

1

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

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not necessarily so; is not always true

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the latter

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to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile

2

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

1

prompt; immediate; in real time

1

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

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