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child's room; nursery

10

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

12

slight cold; bit of a cold; touch of a cold; lingering cold

2

(the condition of) one's health

1

to need; to demand; to take; to require

1

sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

6

to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in

1

to look young; to seem young

1

to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit

1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

1

chick; baby bird

2

hen

3

leather; tanned animal hide; suede; kanji "tanned leather" radical (radical 178)

1

lower grade; low class; junior (officer)

1

affectation; showiness; pretence

4

upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class

2

government official; public servant; civil servant

2

second class carriage

2

to be amused or interested in; to show amusement (for)

3

practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name

1

instead of; replacing; on behalf of

8

axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

4

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

10

authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert

8

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

5

sounds good; sure thing; no problem

4

spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal

12

to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)

9

to get a phone call

2

to be hot on a person's heels

1

hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

2

even though; despite; when

9

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

4

unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

1

entrails; giblets; guts; internal organs

1

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

3

chopsticks

1

to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.); to bring down; to demote; to withdraw (a proposal, request, etc.); to abandon; to withdraw (troops, etc.)

2

to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

2

it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...

3

assessment; rating; grade; evaluation

1

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily

3

one scene (in play)

2

to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone

6

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

2

(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

1

bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

2

anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

1

importance; gravity

1