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stinging (pain); smarting; tingling

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whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

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coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

1

creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

2

street corner

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nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about

1

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

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(public) park

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bench

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scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

2

in that way; like that; that way

2

store; shop

2

a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort

2

to set (sun); to become dark

1

overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

3

hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)

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continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

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one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)

1

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

4

dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks

1

distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation

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speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble; blowoff; effusion; blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)

2

ant

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faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

2

Kansai region (center-west area of Japan comprising Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures)

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intonation

1

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

1

quickly; swiftly; already; before; long time ago

1

call; hail; yell

1

hindrance; intrusion

2

see you later; goodbye; sincerely

1

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

5

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

3

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

1

sneaker; sneakers

1

to rub; to scrub; to scrape

2

sand; grit

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

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origin; beginning

3

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

3

pond

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shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people

2

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

4

long distance; long haul

1

leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

1

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

1

strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature

1

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

1

magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch

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