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open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest

1

reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason

5

to triumph; to be elated with success

1

directory; name list

1

various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)

2

letter; note

5

coat; coating

15

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

6

to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with); to argue (with); to have an argument; to have a dispute

1

billionaire; multimillionaire; very rich person

6

influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

1

to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted

2

nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable

1

winner; victor

1

ten-odd; a dozen or so

2

counter for people

10

welcome; (warm) reception

3

personal history; background; career

2

judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review

1

faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate

1

red; vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet

1

afternoon; p.m.

13

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

2

to abide one's shame

1

to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

5

honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances

1

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

1

inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

2

Victoria (Seychelles); Victoria (Australia)

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railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

6

six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)

1

without trouble; easily; readily

2

mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence

2

(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

4

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

6

great person; great figure; person of great character

1

meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

3

fundamental; basic

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

2

who; what kind of person

1

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

3

birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

6

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

2

upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general

2

fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable

1

report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage

1

adventurer

1

to do

3

such; like that; that sort of

3

to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)

1