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background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

2

red (color, colour)

2

contrast

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

2

catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water

2

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

4

phew; whew

1

you could say; you might say; verging on the

1

chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing

1

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

17

to forget to say; to forget to mention

1

to fall on one's backside

2

careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

2

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

1

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

1

hot pot stew made with offal, vegetables and (often) miso

1

entrails; giblets; guts; internal organs

1

to some extent; to a certain extent

1

silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

4

squid tentacles

1

to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend

1

manager; proprietor

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

how-to (book); self-help book

1

to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

1

(in) one's own way

1

to blow off; to be blown off

1

late at night; at a late hour

3

congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia

1

to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

1

(in) one's absence

1

to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

1

flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)

1

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

2

puppy; small dog

1

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

1

with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)

2

completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday

1

one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)

2

older; senior

1

clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)

1

increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)

1

exceedingly; very

1

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

1

(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)

1

to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

1

snoring; snore

1