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that's the way it is; such is life

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insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

2

to come back

1

welcome home

1

misunderstanding

3

older sister and younger brother

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

1

to become rounded; to roll into a ball

6

bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis; esp. cultivars with green stalks); pak choi; Chinese cabbage

1

chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

1

to be relieved; to feel relieved

3

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

1

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

1

to like; to prefer

1

while in class

1

returning home

4

understood; I see; OK; present; here

1

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

4

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

1

trouble; bother

2

very deeply

1

disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

3

portion; part; snapshot; glimpse

1

sense of loss; feeling of loss

2

to torment; to torture; to harass

2

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest

1

to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet

4

size

4

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

1

daytime; during the day; Japan and China

1

the same opinion

1

association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

1

to grow restive; to begin to act violently

2

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

1

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

1

to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

2

the person himself

2

office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs

1

greeting; a fine thing to say

1

going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

4

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

2

harmless

1

digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else

7

area for washing one's hands and face; washroom; bathroom; toilet

1

to wait and see; to see how the land lies

3

thin strips; matchstick-like strips; julienned ingredient

1

ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck

2

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

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