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stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate

2

tempo

1

to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable

2

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

7

album

1

composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun

5

assurance; guarantee

2

compilation; editing; recording

1

classic (work, esp. book); the classics

1

famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece

2

performer; player

1

successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

1

mixing; blending; adding; adulteration

1

with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain

1

record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)

2

first half

2

attic; garret; loft

1

bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

9

grief

1

melody; tune

2

second half; latter half

2

loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)

2

by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand

1

Hungary

1

dance music

1

mania; wild excitement

2

to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

4

autumn rain; fall rain

2

retainer; vassal; servant

8

to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left

1

player

1

holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity

1

to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath

2

surface of a board or record

1

religious; spiritual

1

religious exultation; ecstasy

1

missing someone; loathing to part

2

granduncle

1

middle grades of primary school (third and fourth grades)

1

to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature

1

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

1

from what time

4

world; society; people; the public

3

classmate

3

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

1

to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up

2

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

3

communication terminal

1

to look around; to look towards (us)

3