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mental illness; emotional disorder

3

pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"

2

disturbance; trouble; ups and downs

1

to set (sun); to become dark

5

one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series

2

long hair

1

preparations for returning (home)

1

whatever brought that on?

1

absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing

4

seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

2

another time; some other time

1

opposite direction

3

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

3

productive; constructive; meaningful

1

home heater

3

short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty

2

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

2

air con; air conditioner; air conditioning

2

low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)

1

traditional craft; traditional handicrafts

2

kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat

2

purchase; buy

1

labor; labour; manpower; working force

1

choosing; selecting; deciding (on)

1

such; this sort of; like this

1

euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect

1

bullying; teasing

1

lunch; midday meal

3

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

1

pale; pallid; wan; pasty

1

to employ; to hire; to charter

2

physical strength; brute strength; arm strength

2

appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)

1

unavoidable; inevitable

1

row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally

1

prohibition; inhibition; ban

3

guardians; parents; father and older brother

1

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

2

astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant

2

relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)

2

to go past; to pass; to pass by

7

ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

1

this and that; one thing or another

1

secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen

1

stealthy steps; soft steps

1

dead of night; midnight

2

to start forgetting

2

aging; wearing out; deterioration

4

main building

3