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to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

3

harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy

2

opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand

1

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

1

in the future; another day; later

1

apology

3

site; plot; lot; grounds

2

clock; watch; timepiece

2

17; seventeen

1

thirty; 30

3

nine parts; nine percent; almost

1

18; eighteen

2

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

1

meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

1

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

7

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

2

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

5

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

1

week

1

instead; but (on the other hand)

2

hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa

10

room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable

3

self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent

1

to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate

1

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

2

bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

4

student accommodation; student dormitory

1

in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

7

to head home; to leave for home

1

to stretch (one's body)

2

wonderful; splendid; magnificent

1

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

1

affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble

1

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

1

comedian; comic

1

clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain

1

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

3

to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct

2

finger; toe; digit

11

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

7

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

3

inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

1

sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking

1

palm (of one's hand)

4

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

2

reference; allusion

1

to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank

1

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

1