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public talk; panel session; round-table discussion

2

single father

1

bear's gall (used as medicine for the stomach); bear's bile

11

will not do; do not; does not

1

personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy

1

six-pack (muscles)

1

tape measure

2

sandpaper; emery paper

2

universe

1

lemon sour (cocktail)

1

culture

3

signature pose; trademark pose

1

pincers; nippers; pliers

13

Stone Age

2

charming; bewitching; coquettish

1

belief that where there's a will, there's a way

2

Boys (The Shirelles song)

1

bay

1

interviewer

1

morning sun

15

to call in; to invite; to bring in

1

label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)

1

music

1

entertainment

2

younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)

1

Stig

1

starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus

1

renovation; overhaul; update; repair; improvement; renewal

3

mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)

2

personnel department

2

worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated

1

thrilling

1

Amazon (river, rainforest etc.); Amazon (woman of Greek mythology)

1

notification sound

1

to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home

1

clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent

1

new era; new period; new age; new epoch

1

leading figure; influential figure; mogul

1

two legs; two feet; two pairs

1

placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)

1

Kira

42

to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.

1

appearing together; co-acting; co-starring

1

elder sister

4

straw sandals

1

history of Japan; Japanese history

1

to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books

1

already read

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

1

and; thereupon; because of that

1