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back street; back alley; off-street

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neighborhood council; neighbourhood council; residents' association; student council

1

vigorous (in old age); hale and hearty

2

to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

1

sympathy for a tragic hero; rooting for the underdog

2

shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige

1

to read aloud; to read to someone

2

speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)

3

ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (esp. in piano-playing); fourth toe

2

nervousness; oversensitivity

1

oil bottle (esp. for hair oil); oilcup; font (in an oil lamp)

1

nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)

4

mallet handle

1

to stir up; to instigate (someone to do something); to agitate; to foment

1

with a boom; with a crash; with a rumble

4

to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room

1

temporary (suspension) bridge; makeshift bridge; bridge (between cultures, generations, etc.); link; walkway (constructed on a cliff face); plank path

2

commercial district

1

friendship; fellowship

2

losers (of society)

3

winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)

3

anti-; hater

1

frequent; densely packed; thick

1

becoming well-known; becoming common knowledge

1

residential area

2

end goal; final target

1

bulletin board

2

halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.); ring; corona

3

using in a way contrary to its intended purpose; abuse; turning to one's advantage; taking advantage of

1

to wield a baton; to swing a baton; to lead; to direct; to command

1

hanger-on; dependent; someone who is received coldly; third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate)

1

delay (in payment, delivery, rationing, etc.)

1

wit and intelligence

1

to worry (about); to be worried (about); to be troubled (by); to be pained (by); to be distressed (by)

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knowing; being aware (of)

2

privy seal; imperial seal

2

line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines

1

to become very angry; to become furious; to fly into a rage

1

to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober

3

steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable

9

to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words

1

handle; grip; holder; person who holds

4

Urian; Yulian

1

wavelength

5

to hesitate to say; to find it difficult to say

2

this land; our country; Imperial Court of Japan

1

to hear (something) as; to think that (something) sounds like

1

belatedly; though a little too late

2

in no way

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to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of

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