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difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress

3

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

8

clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning

1

being about to cry; the verge of tears

7

(for the) first time in one's life

2

to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat

5

bucket; pail

5

bucket; pail; tub

17

dogs and cats; pets; something trivial; worthless thing

1

to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile

8

(filled) to the brim

1

cold water

5

sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat

11

a few minutes later; after a few minutes

2

wall clock; grandfather clock

2

special mention

2

to relax; to feel at home

1

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

2

drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office

5

to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour

1

being moved forcibly, e.g. being carted to a police station, transportation for forced labour, etc.

2

to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath

2

calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness

15

moon; month

65

weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline

3

The Diary of a Young Girl (journals of Anne Frank, published in 1947)

1

diary; journal

2

menarche; first menstruation

2

red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

3

to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew

2

inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through

3

mother

70

Western (film genre); Western music (North America); country and western music

1

(clenched) fist; knuckles

4

childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)

1

fallen hair; combings; hair left on comb

3

history of; experience of

11

to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about

1

ancestor; forefather; foremother

8

turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel

1

waxing and waning (of the Moon)

3

individual differences; personal equation

4

metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

18

full moon

4

werewolf

2

usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant

5

age of the Moon; number of days since the new moon; age in months (esp. of an infant)

3

skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework

10

rare; seldom

15

depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)

3