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up-and-down motion; vertical movement (e.g. in an earthquake)

4

feeler; antenna

1

danger signal; red light

1

to be completely still

2

trap; pitfall

3

to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon

10

spoiled; half-rotten; decaying

1

offensive smell; bad smell; foul smell; stench

10

weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend

1

(scattered) spots; specks; speckles

2

wine and women; sensual pleasures; dissipation

1

kneecap

2

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

3

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

3

scratch; chip; flaw; fault; shame; disgrace

2

one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work

1

to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive

2

solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately

1

China

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

31

to grow old; to age

4

retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

2

preliminary alert (flood, typhoon, air-raid, etc.); precautionary warning

2

to get warm; to become warm

1

eastern part; the east (of a region)

6

military headquarters

3

enemy plane

3

Bōsō Peninsula (also alt. name for Chiba Prefecture)

5

Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica); Japanese parsley

3

school supplies

1

coastline; shoreline; coastal railway

3

going north

3

every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs

5

eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)

2

on the sea; on the ocean; offshore

1

to scurry home; to run home; to fly back

6

memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary

3

Chiba Prefecture (Kanto area)

1

southern sea

1

under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown

1

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful

5

small plate; small dish

5

to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)

3

label

1

camphor

1

to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink

2

(body) weight

5

while alive; during one's lifetime

2

with a thump; (hanging) straight down

1

figure; body shape; build; physique; form

1