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promising; hopeful; full of promise

2

second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant

1

regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

2

focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint

2

talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful

1

in great numbers

1

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

1

invention

1

gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)

1

to lead a life; to live a life

1

one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan

1

distant look; faraway look

2

to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill

1

unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

1

with a rushing sound (of rain, waves, etc.); with a whoosh (e.g. when pouring rice); in a sudden collapse; with a clatter; swarming (e.g. of insects); surging

1

nap; doze

1

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)

2

good night

1

to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's

2

resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

1

breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure

1

another person; others

3

rule

1

freedom; liberty

6

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

1

this occasion; at this time; now

1

to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

1

to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki

5

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

1

was

1

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

1

to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left

1

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

1

discussion; argument; debate

1

as planned; according to plan

1

how are you?

1

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

1

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

1

entrance; entering; admission; admittance

5

seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude

1

near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

2

slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

1

to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious

2

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

1

wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

1

relation; relationship

3

close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related

1

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

1

being in love with each other

2