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bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters

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with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle

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collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

5

indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)

2

couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

1

tearful voice

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swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply

2

extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

4

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

2

to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)

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despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of

2

to break down crying

2

correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

5

retry

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in the same way; like; likewise; similarly

10

to get late; to advance; to wear on

2

to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

6

everyone; one and all

1

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

3

to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)

2

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

1

to cast a shadow

1

union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

1

to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson

1

unity; union; solidarity; combination; banding together; teaming up

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discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony

2

bottom of one's heart

5

murderer

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still; even now; to this day

2

piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles

3

in addition to this

2

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

1

to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)

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seawater; saltwater

5

raft; forearm guard (made of thin metal plates); skewered baby-eel kabayaki

1

person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)

1

then; and (then); in that case; if so

8

physical; relating to stamina; in terms of physical strength

1

to kiss

1

polished rice; (uncooked) white rice

2

eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

2

miso soup

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grilled salmon

2

spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

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boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)

4

large plate; platter

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chikuzenni; simmered chicken and vegetables; chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.

4

to bear; to endure

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to bring someone along

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before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

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