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deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

5

to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)

1

politics; government

2

economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy

1

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

2

every month; monthly; month by month

2

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

4

to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance

5

weekend

7

drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)

4

renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; refurbishment; makeover; alteration (e.g. of clothes); re-tailoring

1

cost; expense

2

food expenses; money for food; charge for board

2

with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor

6

to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour

4

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

11

to grow restive; to begin to act violently

1

Tahara

1

appeal; call for something; request; axiom

6

right (to do something); authority; power

6

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-

1

male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man

3

leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage

5

ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful

2

modern society

4

gloomy

1

moderator; host; chairman

3

classic (work, esp. book); the classics

2

to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

2

to hold (a ceremony); to perform

4

oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)

2

doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm

1

uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague

3

our

1

(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)

1

living fossil

1

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

6

(official) commendation; public recognition (of someone's achievements, good deeds, etc.); awarding; honouring

2

trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing

6

such and such; so and so

2

to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb

14

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

1

sutra

1

(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly

1

to die; to pass away

1

gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row

2

big river

1

Ichirō

1

neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town

1

sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi

1