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seesaw

1

cold wind

4

muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer

6

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

1

to maintain; to continue to have

3

change (for a purchase)

4

penniless; broke

1

100 yen coin

5

insertion slot (e.g. coins, tickets); input port

1

crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound

3

push button; push-button

1

somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra

1

sugarless; unsweetened

1

to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

1

notes; instructions

3

(sharp) creak; squeak

2

to project; to stick out; to stand out

6

to grow numb with cold

2

amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force

2

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

3

tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables

1

destructive; devastating

1

to be doing; to be in the process of doing

1

studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)

16

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

1

superior; better

3

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

3

wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly

2

jamming a finger; stubbing a toe; spraining a finger (toe)

1

sprouting; budding

2

lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation

2

to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)

1

piling shame on top of shame

1

to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

4

warmth

1

to show interest in

1

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

4

to talk the night away; to talk all night

3

warmth

1

point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator

1

I; me

5

delinquency; misdeed; misconduct; delinquent behavior

1

(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence

1

behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence

1

to take a class

3

hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room

1

test tube

1

locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind

1

insufficient; inadequate; imperfect

2

sentence; verdict; pronouncement

2