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to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent

3

uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

8

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

2

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

3

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

2

very; extremely; excessively

3

to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip

2

with these words; while saying

6

to go up the stairs

1

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

1

to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

2

breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

2

chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia

6

yellow; amber

2

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

2

the following; next

1

fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year

1

new student; freshman; first-year student

1

slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)

1

shortish; rather short; somewhat short

1

black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

1

character

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

2

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

1

atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere

3

to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to

3

arm; skill; efforts; ability

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

5

vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

3

irritation; annoyance; frustration

1

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

2

indicates question

26

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

1

sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen

3

any more; any further; any better; any longer

2

impatience

1

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains

1

hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste

2

companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

15

prediction; estimation

2

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

7

to blush; to redden

9

unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

1

small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

6

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

2

escalation

2