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probity check; background investigation

2

at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one

3

to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out

2

to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

3

mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth

1

to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)

1

happening; (unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence

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event

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in the hospital; hospitalized

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hospitalization; hospitalisation

2

nameplate

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illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

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rich person

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to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse

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home; family; household

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means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

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move with haste (when you have no doubts)

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staying up all night

1

minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough

1

materials; data; document

1

(a) glance; (a) look

2

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

aiming too high

1

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

2

pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

2

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

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sentiment; sentimentality

1

big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

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departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

3

one's parents' home

1

specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

1

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

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lax; lenient; slow

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ticket

4

to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)

1

nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

1

large-scale

1

investment; contribution; financing

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

long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop

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popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

2

some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

1

board of directors; board of directors' meeting

1

reserve; modesty

1

to refer to; to use as reference

1

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

1

euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect

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evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge

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distantly related

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