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subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive

1

to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed

1

even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful

1

impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

1

(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act

1

telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration

1

founder; originator; pioneer

4

resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)

2

(telephone) receiver

1

right side; style of Japanese court music

1

whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

1

elder sister; effeminate man

1

and (also); both ... and; as well as

1

switching over to; migration; transition

1

source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)

1

to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind

1

roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

1

to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death

1

registration; accession; register; entry; record

1

camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

3

lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

1

to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with

1

to come to a close (end)

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

1

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point

1

origin; beginning

1

how many; how old

1

warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money

3

naked light bulb

1

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

1

dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined

1

good feeling; feeling good

1

to ease up; to relax attention

1

to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point

1

straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation

1

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

3

serious; earnest; honest; real; legit

1

(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang

1

to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

40

devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

2

to butt heads; to head-butt

1

to be discouraged; to shrink from

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(body) weight

6

to push back

1

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

8

to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against

2