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to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

1

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

2

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

6

means; way; measure

4

feelings of guilt

3

that's the way it is; such is life

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches

1

to be helpful; to be useful

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

4

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

1

joy; exultation

1

to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy

1

every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of

1

evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)

8

bang; whump; boom

1

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

1

grasp; catch; understanding

1

imposing stance; daunting pose

1

ticket

7

two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

1

alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal

1

colorful; colourful

3

movie theatre; movie theater; cinema

4

admission ticket; entrance ticket; platform ticket; ticket allowing a non-traveller access to a railway station platform

1

triumphant air; smugness

1

the number of days; date

1

yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle

1

high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score

1

serial number

1

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

1

cinema complex

1

in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

1

this

1

milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter

1

to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry

1

good luck; fortune

2

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

1

special seat

2

pair; pair-oared boat

1

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

6

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

3

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

2

to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

1

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

3

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

3

look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...

1

since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life

1

exception

3

three-digit number; hundreds column

1