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time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times

3

Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides

1

sadness; sorrow; grief

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remarkable; striking; obvious

1

standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing

2

beginning; start

2

to raise (one's voice)

1

to cry and shout; to scream

1

quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)

1

boycott

1

gammon

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advantage

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daily lunch special; today's set lunch

1

tundra; sharp and sarcastic without ever acting lovestruck

1

disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to

2

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

1

black hole

1

in that way; like that; that way

5

feeble

1

to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

1

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

2

sewing; needlework

3

remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking

1

to rampage; to run riot

5

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

2

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

1

short course; training

1

things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required

1

(very) patient; persevering

1

to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant

1

misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea

1

rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

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large-scale

2

direct

2

most numerous

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birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

3

with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

2

shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people

6

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

1

metamorphosis

2

to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

2

putting off (doing); postponement; delaying

1

nature; character

1

to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction

1

strange; eccentric

3

show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture

2

helping hand; help; support; aid

1

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

4

the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance

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in accordance with; according to

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