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(romantic) love

5

rival; competition

2

entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

1

daytime television serial; soap opera

1

thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky

1

sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging

1

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

5

question; inquiry; enquiry

3

difficult problem; challenge

1

not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means

1

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

9

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

3

as a child; when one was a child

1

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

1

to recall; to remember; to recollect

4

crybaby; blubberer

1

in those days

3

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

5

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

1

female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)

1

invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding

5

laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig

1

fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

1

sound of a button or switch being pressed

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

5

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

5

to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve

1

memories; recollections; reminiscence

2

thrilling

1

one day; (on) a certain day

1

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

13

to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

7

after

1

fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best

7

one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

1

phi; diameter (units assumed, esp. mm)

1

firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)

11

marathon; long-distance race

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

thank you; thanks

1

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

2

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

1

loveable; very likeable; like very much

5

we

1

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

3

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

1

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

2

compared with

1

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

2

secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick

1