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late-night show; midnight broadcast

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detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

1

adviser; advisor; consultant

4

one's song repertoire; songs one can sing

2

bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

estimate (of costs); budget

5

adjoining each other

2

not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable

1

ticket; coupon; bond; certificate

2

overwork; strain

2

to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear

4

quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon

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Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

1

exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement

11

to run around

1

kneecap

1

trial of strength; test of one's strength (stamina)

2

live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive

5

to degenerate; to lapse into

2

sale of goods (as opposed to services)

3

stock; inventory

2

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

5

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

7

production; manufacture

1

secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom

13

karaoke

1

to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express

2

chorus

1

to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design

2

old person; old people

4

passing mark

3

intimacy; friendship; familiarity

3

prospectus

1

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

1

response

1

script; libretto; scenario

3

expert; skillful person; good move (in shogi, go, etc.); clever move

1

superhuman strength

2

slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure

5

left side; left-hand side

3

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

4

leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)

4

to be softened; to calm down

3

person who enlivens an atmosphere; person who lifts the mood of others; person who inspires a team; life of the party

1

both people; two people; two directions; both directions

1

to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love

2

to complete decisively; to do to completion

2

calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious

6

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

1