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valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

2

fair and square; open and aboveboard

1

of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

1

to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain

1

war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

10

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

1

call; summons; convening; convocation

1

to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

2

pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

1

rather; sooner; preferably

1

in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

1

not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following

1

being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche

1

cooperation; coordination; link

2

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

3

long period (of time)

1

missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

4

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

1

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

3

classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)

1

addition; supplement; appending; appendix

1

self-assertion

1

(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment

3

to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture

2

using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can

2

(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

6

to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight

2

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

2

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

1

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

1

to be of use as a reference; to be helpful

1

opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access

1

mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between

1

to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

1

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

1

results of a scientific investigation; findings

2

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

to name

1

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

1

to name; to call; to christen; to term

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

1

naming; christening; fiance; fiancee

1

dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon

1

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

1

official name; formal name

1

how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

3

interests and preferences

1

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

1

to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest

1

matter; thing; affair; circumstance

1