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ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)

2

whispering; murmuring; subdued

2

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

1

moisture

5

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful

5

to fail in one's social duties

1

to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself

1

copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

1

melon; gourd

1

together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)

3

to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

3

leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

1

to have a rumor circulating

1

rumour; rumor; hearsay; report

1

private house

1

roof tile

1

to jump from one thing to another

1

doppelgänger; doppelganger

3

to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength

2

which is which; one or the other

1

every evening; night after night

2

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

1

a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)

1

running as fast as one can

2

juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink

3

vending machine

4

small change; coins; small sum of money

5

lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

4

feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority

2

to relax; to feel at home

1

help; aid; assistance

3

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

6

leaving everything up to someone else

1

first person to say something; first person to suggest something

1

to lend (e.g. money)

2

to hatch out

1

difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying

1

ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run

16

service; duty; work

1

tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)

1

opposite side; other side

1

crisp; staccato; piquant; clear

3

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

2

to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up

1

to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle

1

four people

6

second daughter

6

active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

4

to closely resemble; to suit well; to match well; to go well with

2