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discouraged; dispirited; despondent

3

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing

1

fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

1

two days later; day after next; next day but one

2

to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)

1

to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

1

to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

2

fool; idiot; simpleton

1

the last moment; the very end

1

to lend an ear to; to listen to

1

whispered conversation; whispering

1

cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required

2

go home; get out

1

to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

1

change of occupation; career change

1

negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet

1

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

1

departure

2

shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")

4

slowly and quietly; smoothly

1

to need; to require; to take; to demand

1

prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

1

famous product; widely known (local) specialty

1

animal husbandry; livestock industry

1

pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

2

pork

6

negotiations; discussions; connection

6

to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

2

unit price; unit cost

1

to a great extent; incredibly (tasty, much, etc.); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

1

hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)

9

bacon

7

very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular

1

smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); smoked

5

pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused

6

preserved foods

14

improvement; reform

1

sage

4

bay leaf

4

notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

2

incessant working; working non-stop

1

rest; relief; relaxation

1

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

4

inscrutable; incomprehensible

1

study group; study meeting

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

6

participant; entrant

20

to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label

4