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satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

2

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

3

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

2

straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

1

Harvard (University) (abbr)

1

way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow

1

art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

1

concession; conciliation; compromise

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

2

survival

1

four thousand; 4,000

2

(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

1

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

1

uninterested (in); having no interest (in)

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

2

kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

2

thank you

2

to hang up; to end a telephone conversation

2

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

1

oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...

2

to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip

3

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

1

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger

2

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

1

to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart

1

door; gate; opening; title page

2

nape (of the neck); nucha

1

damp; moist; (slightly) wet; quiet; calm; peaceful

1

to become slightly sweaty; to sweat a little; to become moist with sweat

1

eavesdropping

1

so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

3

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

1

roughly; broadly; generally; more or less

1

great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible

2

very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive

1

to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)

2

fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually

1

thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe

1

to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

1

to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

1

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

2

to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

2

currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air

1

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

1

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

3

OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary

4

autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication

1