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heavy rain

6

dripping wet; soaked; drenched

1

thick (esp. paper, cloth)

1

intimacy; friendship; familiarity

1

back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)

3

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

8

sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)

4

work-in-progress; working state

1

rain cloud

1

to continue to rain or snow

2

(navigable) canal; waterway

2

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

4

probable; likely

3

halfway point

1

ferry; ferryboat

1

puddle; pool of water

9

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

76

translation; deciphering; decoding; translation

3

complete stranger; total stranger

4

relation; relationship

13

fast walking; semi-jogging

4

really; truly; indeed; good grief

4

noodles; (arch.) flour

1

to chase; to run after; to pursue

2

to sidle up to

4

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

1

insistence; (major) emphasis; stress

2

normal

1

boohoo; boo hoo; waa waa

1

soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat

31

to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

2

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

6

fine; penalty

1

to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

17

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

7

youth; young man

11

to hide oneself

8

rectangle; oblong

1

how much; how many; however

1

to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

1

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

2

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

6

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

5

to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

1

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

3

way of solving (a problem); solution

3

to break the silence; to break one's silence

1

ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)

2

decision; determination; resolution

6

crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)

2