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environment; circumstance

2

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

4

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

1

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

1

sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

2

shy; diffident; retiring; reserved

1

to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

1

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

2

to change one's clothes

4

bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

2

present (brought by a visitor); gift

2

mochi; (sticky) rice cake

1

neighbors; neighbours

2

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

4

woman; female; feminine gender

2

a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort

4

woman; lady; adult female

1

women and children; woman; grown woman; wife

2

everyone

1

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

9

insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task

3

central stalk of a dried rice plant

1

millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town

1

to parade; to march; to walk in procession

1

to lack

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

16

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

10

expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

1

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

4

staying the night; lodging (at)

2

thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)

1

pleasant feeling; good vibes

4

scenery; scene; landscape

10

this area; around here

4

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

2

urban areas; the streets; town; city

1

brand new

1

to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line

2

road; highway

1

paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement

3

face; looks; vestiges; trace

2

nowhere

2

to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

2

one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke

2

to run a shop; to have a shop

2

real estate agent; realtor

1

articles; supplies; parts

3

store; shop; restaurant

4

ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant

2

several times; once or twice

1