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to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

5

to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate

2

decision; determination

1

business

1

because

1

approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot

2

industrial arts; craft

1

to buy; to purchase; to buy out

1

connection; link; relationship

2

to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block

3

combination; union; combined; joint; congruence

2

wherein; therein; thereinto

2

haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste

3

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

5

impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest

1

motive; incentive; motif

1

request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

4

ready consent

1

to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)

1

to be finished; to be completed; to be done

1

delivery of goods

1

feelings of guilt

2

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

2

misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle

1

addition; annexation; appendage

1

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

3

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

8

rather than (do ...)

1

one's principal residence; main home

2

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

4

with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly

1

single-mother household; fatherless family

1

to fall ill; to be taken ill

1

once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

3

mother

2

formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)

2

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

1

older sister; elder sister

2

refusal; rejection

3

mistress; kept woman; concubine

1

to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

1

duty; obligation; responsibility

3

which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow

1

business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise

1

to marry

1

investment

1

love; affection

3

mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother

1

one day; (on) a certain day

2

to bring someone along

2