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to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously

2

dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid

1

crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated

1

small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)

1

mixer

1

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

5

sunlight; rays of the Sun

1

silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank

8

tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

1

in case of; at that time; at this time

2

splash; spray

1

admirable; charming; nostalgic; curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)

2

white

1

wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm

1

another meeting; meeting again; reunion

9

to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude

3

to pierce; to penetrate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to feel keenly; to make a deep impression

2

to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away

1

body

1

to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate

1

severe; harsh

4

to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare

3

sense of inferiority; one's weak point

1

raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark

1

form; shape; figure

1

to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind

1

mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly

2

to point at

1

relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

2

foolish; stupid

2

to let out a cry; to break forth

1

barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless

4

recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence

1

land; shore

1

mermaid; merman

3

pathetic; plaintive

2

corner of the eye

1

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

6

by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.

2

to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)

1

sadness; sorrow; grief

10

definite; final; decisive; conclusive

5

work of art; artwork; objet d'art

1

to torture; to persecute; to excruciate

4

foolish; stupid; silly

12

foolish act; folly

2

decision; determination

2

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

3

to cry; to shed tears

1

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

1