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hairdresser; hairdressing

2

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

1

wooden; made of wood

2

snappingly; with a snap

1

black hair

3

lifelike; exact resemblance

2

amount of money; sum of money

1

generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality

1

to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite

1

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn

1

scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick

1

bank (river, lake); (arch.) pile; (arch.) heap

2

lidded; covered; container with a lid

1

castella (type of sponge cake)

3

kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.

3

pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused

1

pork

4

quantification; expressing in numerical form; conversion to numerical form

3

type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)

2

hexagon

1

partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

2

hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter

1

to heap with; to assort

1

to work hard; to work diligently

1

to finish speaking

1

favourite dish (favorite); favourite food

3

essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)

1

pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl

2

plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act

3

underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

1

shallow; superficial

1

consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement

1

promising without due consideration

1

to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin

1

stop talking nonsense; don't be ridiculous; give me a break

1

promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

15

to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

3

energy; military strength

2

head; cranium; cephalic

5

queen

9

marriage

14

soon; shortly; nearly; almost

1

simple and clear; plain and simple

1

confidence; popularity

1

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

1

to flourish briefly (esp. before retiring or stopping); to have a day in the limelight; to have a stint of success

1

father-in-law; foster father; stepfather

1

from the start; from the beginning; from the outset

2