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not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe

4

being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent

5

peerage; court rank

12

to be separated by death

1

awarding; conferment; granting; presentation

1

to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together

1

late at night; small hours of the morning

4

to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time

1

returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents

4

to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

6

to take care of

1

(your) beloved son; cute boy

1

to beat into shape

1

scolding

1

to slay; to kill

1

congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia

2

to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)

2

to proceed with things; to carry out; to do

1

to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much

1

clapping hands; applause

1

ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever (old name)

2

joints; points (of a speech)

1

lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill

1

intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary

1

skull; cranium

1

indescribable

2

coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)

2

to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up

2

good-bye; farewell

1

to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble

1

wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric

1

clear; bright; sunny

1

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

1

man's looks; handsomeness; good-lookingness

1

to be dispirited; to be dejected; to lose heart; to become discouraged; to be crestfallen; to be utterly disheartened

1

worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom

2

(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush

2

receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

3

to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend

1

licking one's lips; licking one's chops

1

to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

3

lower region; lower part; region below

1

cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

2

ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)

1

to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open

1

what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like

1

covering; protection; backing; relief

1

to take; to catch; to capture

2