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to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

4

transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

1

brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating

1

strategy; tactics

1

explanation; interpretation

2

reading comprehension

1

to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

2

generally; as a rule

1

favorable; favourable

1

authority; power; influence

1

dependence

1

based on; on the basis of

1

remark; statement; discourse

2

affirmative

2

spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating

1

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

10

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

1

huge; big; gargantuan

1

desperate; hopeless

1

reception

1

to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them

1

to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

3

street oratory; soapbox speech

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

6

blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion

1

mutual; reciprocal

1

cause; origin; source

3

breaking down; defeating; abolishing

1

existing

1

dated; date; fixed; external

1

refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

2

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

1

to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air

1

tweet; Twitter post

1

instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability

1

retweet

1

to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring

4

handing out flyers; distributing leaflets

1

creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly

1

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

6

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

3

drama; theatre; theater; play

1

group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)

2

old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)

1

old girl; former female student; alumna; office girl

1

troupe; theatrical company

1

effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)

1

artistic activities

1

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

1