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copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan

2

to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath

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way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow

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hindrance; intrusion

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payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

2

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

pointing out; identification

1

to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

1

sense of unity; sense of oneness

1

skill; proficiency; dexterity; flattery

1

bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

1

cadenza

2

first performance; premiere

2

crescendo

1

way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment

1

wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

2

harmony

1

billow; surge; large wave

1

splash; spray; droplet

1

to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip

1

easy-to-understand

1

bleh

2

inner; internal; inside

1

inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability

1

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

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to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly

1

delicious; tasty; good; nice

1

dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment

2

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

2

lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness

1

continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on

1

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

1

(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

1

to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

1

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

1

recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival

1

invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion

1

to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

1

here and there; in places

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to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

2

to cease; to stop; to be over

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brand new

1

greater than ...; bigger ...

1

sixty; 60

1

accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding

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scale; scope; plan; structure

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jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket

1

suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily

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