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to fly around; to scatter

2

to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath

1

clear; precise; definite; distinct

2

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

4

going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state

1

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

1

darkness

2

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

1

to cling to; to embrace

3

to raise overhead

4

hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip

1

quickly; smoothly

1

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

2

to mow down

2

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

8

thickly; stickily; viscously

3

to go along; to walk along; to follow

2

dizzy; giddy

3

to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

1

to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out

1

reality; actuality; hard fact

7

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

3

sadness; sorrow; grief

1

to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout

3

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

1

mechanical

1

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

6

flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)

1

to surge; to well up; to gush out

1

starving tiger

1

(right at the) side; just beside

1

two times; twice; two degrees

2

to become dim; to become blurred

3

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

9

to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

1

field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

4

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

2

to kneel

5

moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing

1

manner; style

1

lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb

1

to look around; to take a view of

1

trivial; not amounting to much

1

to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself

2

squashed; crushed

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

2

shades of night; night scene

1

terrified; horrified

1

to cover one's face

1