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endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

5

lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great

1

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

1

physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts

2

to feel hungry; to get hungry

1

wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer

1

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

1

sheep (Ovis aries)

1

in swarms; crawling with

1

making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix

1

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

2

to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)

1

spark

1

glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off

1

to mediate; to intervene

1

decision; agreement

1

this evening; tonight

5

perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance

2

stairs; stairway; staircase

4

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

1

entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!

1

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

3

(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible

1

red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

1

to come to a settlement

1

contraception; birth control

1

open-mouthed

1

daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese

2

free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating

1

hindrance; intrusion

3

talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity

1

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

2

by means of; due to; because of; according to

1

jumping to a wrong conclusion

1

lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)

2

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

1

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

1

man; male; masculine gender

3

adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

2

mature in age and wisdom; middle-aged

1

the same generation; coeval

1

or

1

childhood; infancy

1

that year; same year; same age

1

subrogation; substitution

1

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

1

quiz

1

to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate

1