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abrupt; sudden

2

residence; housing; residential building

1

to be erected; to be built

2

ward residents

1

meeting hall; assembly hall

1

bubble; bubble economy

2

good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity

2

plan; design; layout

1

public facilities; utilities

1

to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential

2

sunroom

1

glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy

1

weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73

1

basking in the sun

1

place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

1

to push away; to push aside; to shove

3

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

2

to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint

1

condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

5

to start eating

2

to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

1

one hand

1

promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

2

journal; magazine; periodical

2

corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department

3

cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

1

magazine

1

more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others

1

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

2

to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

3

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

4

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

2

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

3

to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

5

glass; pane

7

to draw in; to attract

1

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

14

sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time

1

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

4

grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket

1

the very thing; itself

3

development; exploitation

1

to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag

2

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

2

to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)

4

is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

6

bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.

10

in the trees

1

back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer

1

metre; meter; meter; gauge

1