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novelist; fiction writer

11

client; sender

5

irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness

2

rock climbing

1

thrill

1

outer wall

5

the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down

1

numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles

5

to step forward; to volunteer

2

future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover

1

conflagration; fire

2

for emergency use

1

break in the deadlock

2

one's habitual behaviour (behavior); day-to-day conduct

2

unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō); bad year; annus horribilis

1

to understand from experience

1

Shiina

4

entire family is affected (disease, etc.); whole family

1

bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship

1

that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!

1

distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

1

difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress

1

chestnut in its burr

1

weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation

2

to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

5

to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

2

rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete

1

to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

1

urinary bladder; urinary cyst; vesica urinaria; bladder

2

to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities

2

puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

1

electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)

1

interval

2

vein

2

to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell

2

inside pocket

2

to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out

3

many years; a long time

2

(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin

1

to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to

1

to give a reason

4

nicotinism; nicotine addiction; nicotine poisoning

1

writer

14

extra effort; one small touch; small twist

2

out-of-school; off-campus

1

soft; weak; fragile; poorly built; insubstantial

1

feeling sick; feeling nauseous; feeling unwell; feeling displeased; feeling offended; feeling irritated

2

smoking (tobacco)

5

detection

1

to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate

3