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work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of

2

soup stock made from kombu

2

back fat; fatty upper part of roast pork

1

pomade; balm; perfumed oil

1

green spring onion

1

bad influence; negative influence

1

heating power; thermal power; firepower

1

to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in

2

to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt

6

conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch

3

to narrow; to contract

1

tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly

2

the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not

2

neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance

3

tightly clenched fist

1

arms; weapon; ordnance

3

result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality

1

triumphant air; smugness

4

capture (of a suspect, criminal, etc.); arrest

1

to bind up; to tie up

2

performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)

6

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

6

that is to say; so that means

2

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

6

telescope

2

(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely

2

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

1

to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to

1

to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)

3

matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement

4

to finish; to end; to close

2

to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered

2

Tomio

3

section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor

1

big shot; higher-ups

1

staff identity card; employee ID card

1

middle-aged man

11

childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile

1

figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus

2

refined; genteel; graceful; decent

6

tweed

2

servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling

2

private; personal life; (one's) privacy

2

arching one's body backwards (like a shrimp); holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backwards like a shrimp (to represent being overwhelmed by someone's power)

1

ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap

1

thin haired

1

brazen-faced (about one's misdeed); audacious (despite being in the wrong); shameless; impudent

1

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

3

sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing

1

slight fever

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