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excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling

1

bokken; wooden sword

4

stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon

1

two classes; double; two sets

1

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

1

sham battle

3

role of the villain; the bad guy

1

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good

3

shut up!; be quiet!

1

important point; point to make note of

1

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

1

to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places

1

imitation

1

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

2

to grin

1

feeling of calmness and relaxation

1

trademark

4

standard equipment; standard feature

1

solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately

1

younger sister

11

assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb

12

merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism

1

to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ...; it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that; on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision

1

inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)

1

affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble

1

halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

1

to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase

1

distinguished war service; merit of war

1

to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily

1

plan; intention

1

to make a fool of someone

1

(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness

1

flaring up; bursting into flames

1

each individual; each person

1

observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance

1

the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly

1

to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse

1

stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture

1

loading; stacking the wall of tiles to one's advantage

1

carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in

2

physical work; manual labour (labor)

1

high class; noble

1

to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in

1

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

1

censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming

1

slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly

5

somehow; somewhat; seemingly

2

don't worry about it; forget about it

4

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

1

too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at

1