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faltering; hesitation

2

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

2

ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

1

reason; cause; circumstances

6

twice; again; second time

2

firing; discharge of gun

4

to turn a somersault

2

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

11

locality; local area; limited area

1

diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)

2

composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

1

material; substance; matter

2

easy; simple; light

2

to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow

1

piece of meat; cut of meat

1

outside world; physical world

1

sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

1

debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

1

boy; man; male

11

great difference; big difference; wide margin

6

refusal to accept the present situation; denial of the existing situation; negation of the status quo

1

sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain

4

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

2

bullet (from a rifle)

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to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

2

inexperienced

1

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

3

grasp; catch; understanding

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permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis

1

moment; second; instant

2

passivity

2

activity

1

red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

1

black and white; right and wrong

1

delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler

2

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

1

to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run

1

person

2

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

2

naturally; of course; understandably

2

the former

1

large number (of); many; majority

1

minority group (party); minority

1

to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes

1

ant

2

attack; charge; raid

3

as if; as though

2

bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly

2

escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis

2

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

10