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instigator

1

to check; to stop; to keep back

2

wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper

2

to bring someone along

1

negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)

4

steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

4

breast pocket

6

rear; back; reverse

3

how many months

1

adultery; impropriety; (an) affair; immorality

1

originator

1

to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around

4

the Sun

1

insensitive person

1

Narayama

6

Keita

2

four characters; four letters

1

to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly

1

to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords

2

talking about memories; reminiscences

2

folded in half; doubled

3

telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration

7

this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world

1

to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

4

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

1

banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping

3

blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)

1

hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating

2

break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with

1

juvenile classification home; juvenile detention facility

1

(mouse) click; click (sound)

2

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

2

even the patience of a saint eventually runs out; (lit.) (if you touch) the Buddha's face three times (he will get annoyed)

1

remaining heat; remaining warmth; residual public excitement; commotion; lingering enthusiasm; lingering fervor

1

pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings

1

within the prefecture

4

public junior high school

1

same generation; one's generation

3

geographical; geographic

2

one's old school or university; alma mater; the school or university one attended

1

mouthpiece of a telephone

1

cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead

2

to glare; to dazzle; to glitter

2

a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period

8

with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

5

leadership skill; leadership ability

1

to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals

2

lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering

1

near future

1

to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; to be routed

3