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finding employment; getting a job

8

hospitalization; hospitalisation

6

retirement; resignation

7

young persons' association

3

country road

1

rice field; rice paddy; paddy field

1

depression; low spirits; dejection

2

to take care of

3

cenotaph; memorial monument

4

to prove; to verify; to guarantee; to promise

1

chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)

4

have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to

3

to this extent; to this degree; this much; this little

1

bad at romance; awkward in relationships

1

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see

2

Michelangelo

1

grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

16

summer

2

damp; moist; (slightly) wet; quiet; calm; peaceful

4

job hunting; job searching

1

to react; to respond

1

secret; secrecy

5

being in love with each other

2

to satisfy the requirements

1

great detective

1

impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest

6

feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles

1

unable to focus on ... (due to being preoccupied with something else); unable to concentrate on ...; unable to settle down to ...

1

to quit one's job; to resign

1

to succeed to a house

1

older brother and younger sister

5

Meri

2

throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

1

greatness is comparative; there is always someone better than you; there is always a bigger fish

1

indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily

7

face; honour; honor; appearance; look

1

distinction; difference (between two things); sense of propriety; proper conduct (according to social or moral norms); accountability; taking clear responsibility (for a fault or failing)

2

good sense

14

evil dog spirit; dog god

5

like; as if; the same as

3

snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation

3

to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

10

wicked woman; ugly woman

5

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

6

sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head

9

another time; some other time

5

to lose money; to spend money

1

binge shopping; shopping spree

4

rapidly; quickly; briskly; booming (e.g. of a drum)

8

madam; (married) woman; lady; proprietress (of a bar, coffee shop, etc.); manageress

1