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desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

3

dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail

2

to force back; to jostle

4

to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

5

to panic; to freak out; to fly into a tizzy

1

fermented tofu; furu

1

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

1

at any cost; at any price; at any expense

1

to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

2

bright; intelligent; clever; smart

1

otherwise; if not; or else

1

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

1

close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

3

taking a junior high-school entrance examination

1

parents; both parents

5

public (institution)

1

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

3

disappointment; despair

2

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

1

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

1

cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

1

to need; to call for; to require

2

to fulfill one's responsibilities

1

approximately the same

2

that's a different matter; that's a different story

1

shivering; trembling

3

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

2

yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)

1

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

1

to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

2

hegemony; leadership; initiative

1

teary eyes

3

triumphant pose assumed by an athlete

1

spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare

1

to lose one's energy; to be cowardly

1

to fetch; to go and get

2

to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

1

to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse

1

receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

6

that's so, however ...

2

first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)

4

leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress

1

overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty

4

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

2

bygones; the past; past event

1

way; method; means; resource; course

3

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

3

morning mist

1

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

2

bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted

1