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just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

3

hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation

1

to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)

1

student days

3

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

2

national

2

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

3

straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

2

success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility

2

after graduation

2

nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops

3

certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

2

manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things

2

tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

2

career woman

2

talented woman

1

reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)

1

subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk

1

aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

1

overtime pay

1

to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business

1

in name but not in reality

1

post; official position; managerial position; executive position

1

without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)

2

corporate drone; corporate slave

1

already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

2

joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company

2

seven

2

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

2

lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

4

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

2

old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots

2

senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion

4

(one's parents') home

1

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

1

unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular

1

new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

1

eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting

1

does not

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

1

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

1

party; social event; get-together; compa (Haitian dance music); konpa; kompa

1

putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (in TV, social media, etc.)

1

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

1

foreign capital group; foreign company

2

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

2

annual income

1

5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many

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