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(doing) as one is told

2

crossing; intersection

1

to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront

1

diameter

1

wooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics; the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)

12

merry-go-round; carousel

17

standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods

1

municipal office; council; city hall

1

adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

2

gum; rubber; eraser; condom

1

pitching ability; counter for pitches

1

charcoal; charred remains

4

power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity

1

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

1

orchestra; band

1

musical performance

1

light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms

2

composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun

2

play equipment; playground equipment

2

to scoop up; to dip up

3

to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring

1

how others look at you; what others think about you

1

filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid

1

to be reminded of; to call to mind

1

bench

1

stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store

1

on duty; at work; while working

1

even though; despite; when

2

made of metal

1

ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)

3

to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

2

essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)

2

popular

1

manager; administrator

1

malicious; deliberately mean

1

commercialism

1

whistle

1

ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing

1

to dazzle; to blind

2

to change

1

yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle

2

falling from a horse

2

ring

8

grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback

1

to grasp; to get

1

fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant

1

although; though; despite the fact that ...

1

to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

1

zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping

1

disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity

1