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reigning; controlling; dictating

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bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters

2

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

2

old friend; old acquaintance

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

2

good morning

1

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

2

request

1

without

1

to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

2

joke; playfulness; kidding around

1

popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

1

to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against

1

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

1

same year in school

1

distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert

1

tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.)

1

vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)

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like; as if; the same as

1

governor; leader; ruler

3

personality; style; appearance

1

remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

2

coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe

5

paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of

1

mud; muddy; covered in mud

1

battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest

4

crayfish (esp. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus or red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii); crawfish

4

to take; to catch; to capture

6

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness

1

slap; smack; spanking

1

pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

9

folding one's arms

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to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

1

to listen attentively to; to be lost in

1

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

2

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement

2

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

5

reminiscent talk

1

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

3

to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand

3

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

2

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

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to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed

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then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

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precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

2

both (people)

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to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

2

friend; acquaintance

1

coupling; shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.)

1