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inefficient

2

stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)

16

outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

1

diversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation; making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose

1

skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently

1

system

1

unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)

3

principle; theory; fundamental truth

2

sound of the wind; voice of the wind

1

risky

1

success rate

1

fumbling; groping

1

to haunt to death; to possess and kill

1

nine times; twisting around many times

1

two outs

1

base stealing; steal; stolen base

1

pinch-hitting; pinch hitter; performing a duty in place of someone else; proxy

1

student in a lower grade; underclassman

1

batter

1

armchair theory; impracticable plan; unworkable idea

1

catercorner; diagonally opposite

1

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

1

conveying (an intention, meaning, etc.); communicating; (verbal) message; word (from someone); tradition; folklore

1

to survive; to live long

1

thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)

1

inventor

1

know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack

1

user; end-user; consumer; patron; customer; client

1

grain of boiled rice

1

grain of rice

1

merits and demerits; good points and bad points; strengths and weaknesses

2

tone of voice (e.g. in a sweet tone); timbre

3

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

1

to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue

1

union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

1

clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)

1

to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)

1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

1

alma mater

1

piercing (cold); biting (wind)

1

whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing

1

person being waited for; person who waits

1

to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order

1

appeal; call for something; request; axiom

1

heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)

1

(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this

1

junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student

1

Satō

1

Machida

1

hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball; struck ball

1