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painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

3

to moan; to groan

1

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

1

to look towards

1

sleepover; overnight stay

1

in the same way as; just like

4

shout; yell; scream

1

several people; some people; a few people; a number of people

1

moment by moment; hour by hour

1

monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

2

confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

4

among (them); of (them)

1

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

1

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

3

noisy; boisterous

1

to cease; to stop; to be over

1

thick and heavy

1

being startled

2

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

1

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

3

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

1

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

1

echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit

1

gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr

1

to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

1

to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

2

such ... as; or some such

3

keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term

1

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

1

to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive

1

answer

1

baseball

9

Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan

1

season; time of year

1

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning

2

sport; sports

1

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

2

persuasion

10

after many twists and turns; after much trouble

1

sports ground; sports oval

10

tool; implement; means; furniture

1

fixtures; furnishings; equipment

1

to lend; to loan; to let out on hire

1

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

1

outsider; someone outside of a group

1

to mediate; to intervene; to smooth

1

plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)

1

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

1

team

8

second base

1