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Kobe (city)

2

state of mind; mentality; psychology

2

discernment; insight

1

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)

1

to be contrary

1

knowing only too well; being fully aware of

1

guess; conjecture; supposition; inference

1

cause; origin; source

1

to be uncommon

1

self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride

3

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

3

courting; wooing; making advances

2

to accept; to receive; to agree

3

pretension; conceit; hubris

1

to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons

1

good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha

1

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

7

equilibrium; balance

7

fastidiousness; love of cleanliness

2

to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject

2

sincere; honest; faithful

3

to have an eye on; to zero in on

2

to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)

2

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

3

a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

2

affectation; pretension

1

you must seize every golden opportunity; strike while the iron is hot; when you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price

2

externals; external form

1

wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent

1

way; method; means

4

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

8

soul; spirit

1

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

8

sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay

1

to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)

1

to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

1

care; precaution; guarding; caution

1

while doing over and over; repeatedly

1

persuasion

1

way (of doing); manner; method; means

2

sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing

1

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

6

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

1

precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close

6

analysis

3

to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)

3

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

5

ago; since; before; previous

3

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

1

wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible

1