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to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

14

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

1

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

5

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

2

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

6

drink; beverage

4

to compare with the eye

1

a certain ...

1

street stall; stand; booth

1

auntie; older woman

1

raw materials

3

to become; to amount to

26

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

3

public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing

2

advertising department; public relations department; PR department

1

assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

5

why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!

4

taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

1

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

3

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

3

a certain ...; some ...

4

in fact

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

3

alcohol; sake

1

naming; christening

1

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

2

famous brand of sake; choice sake

1

juice; sap; soup; broth

7

bitter-tasting bug

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

6

to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to

2

in one's own way or style

2

alcoholic content

1

any more; any further; any better; any longer

12

ingredient; component; composition

1

extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling

1

series

1

circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional

2

furthermore; even more

6

drop (e.g. of water); drip

2

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

11

deeply emotive; moving

1

bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross

3

calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

1

nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

1

to push away; to push aside; to shove

2

inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

8

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

5