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preliminary inspection; preliminary examination

1

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

6

to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)

1

sausage

4

among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

3

second (in a series)

2

to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

2

emerald

2

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

1

insecurity; carelessness

2

desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable

2

pride; boast

7

thick soup

2

to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish

1

child's room; nursery

10

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

12

slight cold; bit of a cold; touch of a cold; lingering cold

2

(the condition of) one's health

1

to need; to demand; to take; to require

1

sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

6

to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in

1

to look young; to seem young

1

to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit

1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

1

chick; baby bird

2

female bird; hen

4

leather; tanned animal hide; suede; kanji "tanned leather" radical (radical 178)

1

lower grade; low class; junior (officer)

1

affectation; showiness; pretence

4

advanced level; high grade; senior

2

government official; clerk

2

second class carriage

2

to be amused or interested in

3

practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name

1

instead of; replacing; on behalf of

8

axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

4

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

10

authority; power; influence

8

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

5

sounds good; sure thing; no problem

4

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)

12

to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)

9

to get a phone call

2

to be hot on a person's heels

1

hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

2

even though; despite; when

9

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

4

unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

1

entrails; giblets; guts; internal organs

1

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

3