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exaggeration

1

question; query

2

reservation; putting on hold; deferment

3

breakwater; mole

2

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

3

bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well

3

to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes

1

skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

5

thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

4

pleasant feeling; good feeling

1

boastful talk about one's love life; speaking fondly about one's sweetheart; going on about one's love affairs

1

to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to

4

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

1

to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into

2

elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

4

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

1

still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

11

map

6

to keep walking

1

(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

6

dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

1

to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

2

to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand

4

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

3

to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim

3

offender; criminal; culprit

2

screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)

7

to be photographed; to be projected

1

to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

10

back of the hand

2

drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)

1

for one's age

1

as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably

2

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

2

to have a rumor circulating

4

to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs

3

this and that; this or that; one thing after another

6

to pull down

1

artistic instinct

1

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

5

piercingly

2

unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

4

castella (type of sponge cake)

1

talking in delirium; incoherent muttering

2

to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away

5

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

3

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

resentment; indignation; anger

5

to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do

2

to fall down; to drop

1