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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

4

chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint; bad habit; intractable habit

2

sand; grit; fine gravel

2

department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion

8

words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it

1

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

1

the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat

1

to incline one's head

2

low voice; whisper

9

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

3

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

4

speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners

2

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

3

along the river; riverside

1

shiruko shop; sweet red-bean soup shop

1

walk; stroll

2

running away from home for a very short time

1

causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart

1

to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place

1

party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed

3

second floor; upstairs

6

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)

7

doctor; physician

2

cause unknown

2

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

1

to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)

2

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

3

pill; lozenge; tablet

3

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

2

sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; charm; appeal

1

to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)

1

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

4

sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)

1

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

2

to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

2

shoji (paper sliding door)

1

narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin

2

to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly

1

tall figure; high stature

5

to cross one's legs

1

to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open

1

breeze off a river

1

cloth width

1

bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)

2

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

13

to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on

1

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

2

to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward

2

to end without incident; to not turn into something serious

1