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hesitation; indecision

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mother

4

to contract (a disease); to suffer from

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about when; about what time; how soon

2

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

1

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

1

doctor; physician

3

to examine (medically)

2

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

1

to rise; to erect; to get up

1

to begin to appear; to begin to come in

1

mother

1

never again

1

finding employment; getting a job

1

homecoming; returning home

1

once a year

1

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

1

to contract a disease

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

condition; state (of health); appearance

2

to fail; to screw up; to stuff up

1

to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

1

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

1

difference; disparity; gap

2

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

1

to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on

1

determination; resolution

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

1

at least

1

stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils

1

unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

1

to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

2

hint

1

fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

2

difference; variation; difference

1

irrational (line of) argument

1

bet; wager; stake; gamble

2

to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect

1

debriefing (session)

1

change in a bus route; change in policy; policy change (reversal)

1

notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding

1

dictionary; lexicon

7

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

2

envelope

1

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

1

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

1

sender

1

to break the seal

1

seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season

1

recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances

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