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breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation

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quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful

3

evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances

1

mischievous

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

4

to lay aside; to set aside

2

easygoing; optimistic; conceited

2

purity; chastity

2

to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going

2

rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up

1

to give a glance (at); to take one look at

7

unit; (musical) group; band

2

to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

2

features

2

to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)

3

two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle

1

fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune

3

commencing with; including

8

to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate

1

bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)

1

lady; ready

5

acid reflux; bile reflux; pyrosis; gloating; gratification; satisfaction

1

hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron

6

soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)

2

inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation

3

in search of; in order to look for

1

to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing

2

to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with

1

time capsule

2

piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story

2

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion

3

reluctantly

1

international phone call

1

ramen; Chinese-style noodles

16

home delivery (of food); outside catering

1

katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice

1

cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)

1

rice (esp. when served on a plate)

1

root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

1

locked in a grapple

2

deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)

1

to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

4

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

1

word processor

2

2D; two dimensional

1

floppy (disk); floppy

1

graduation thesis

1

novel; (short) story

5

book making (binding, publishing)

1

moratorium; period of grace; extension (of time, e.g. to make payments); postponement (of social responsibility); immaturity; not having developed emotional maturity

1