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cough; coughing; tussis

2

to beat the hell out of

1

expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC

1

claw; talon

1

amniotic fluid

1

emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence

4

to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)

1

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

1

ethereal body

1

integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis

1

cards in one's hand; one's hand

1

to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

3

that's not my concern; that's none of my business; that's not on me

1

to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

4

an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable

2

sharkskin scabbard

1

thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

5

collection of short stories; collected short stories

1

long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem

2

hop; hopping; jumping on one foot

1

counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.

1

anecdote; brief (comic) story

1

spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story

2

after reading a book

1

number two; mistress; concubine

1

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

2

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

2

character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae

4

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

2

to focus (on)

1

trial and error

1

foreign; abroad; overseas

2

game

1

that is to say; so that means

1

to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out

2

deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick

1

original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)

1

second part (of three); second volume; middle part; novella; short novel

1

turning point

1

all present; all concerned; all of us

1

as always; as ever; though it's always the case

1

Yuasa

1

drawing ability; skill at art

1

November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

1

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

2

blues

1

notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)

1

audience; congregation

1

to deduct; to take away; to make allowances (for something); to bear (something) in mind; to ebb and flow

1

to take (be in) charge of

1