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in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that

2

to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

5

loading on top; piling on top; upper load; adding (to); increase (in quantity); additional amount

1

excessive; immoderate

1

(with) only a few left; (with) little left

3

Hiratsuka

7

halfway point

1

as usual; as normal

1

(arch.) standing guard; (arch.) watchman; guard at the shogun's palaces (Edo period)

1

China

1

thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee

1

spider

3

vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude

5

speech; expression; wording; language

1

subject; theme; motif

1

night attack; nocturnal assault

15

urgent business; pressing need; imperative

1

seeing in the dark; night vision

2

to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone

1

to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn

2

masturbation; onanism; self-consolation

5

to comfort one another; to offer each other consolation

1

caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution

2

vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

2

misty, moonlit night; (spring) night with a hazy moon

2

prime of life; era of national prosperity

1

cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation

1

encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation

1

citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

1

one's course; one's path; one's road

1

heavy taxation

2

bashful; shameful; ashamed

2

shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck

1

halfwit; blockhead; fool

1

to talk together

4

every evening; night after night

3

to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night

1

rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed

2

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

1

(not saying anything) no matter what

2

passage; path; route; one's way

1

gambler; yakuza; person without a legitimate job

1

development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile

3

insisting

2

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

1

wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler

2

tap; knock; bonk

3

to be contrary to one's expectations

2

announcement; notice

1

to be conceivable

1