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courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

3

prize; award

1

examiner; judge

2

support; mutual aid; cooperation; approval; authorization; authorisation

2

office

2

second (in a series)

1

recommendation; referral; endorsement

1

group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

1

judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review

1

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

1

willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

1

to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought

2

to rack one's brains

1

feel when biting; manner of enunciation

1

somewhat reserved (diffident); shyly; timidly; retiringly; in a retiring (reserved) manner

1

to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind

1

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

1

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

2

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...

3

wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible

2

latent disposition; inner feelings

1

entreaty; supplication; petition

1

to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory

1

putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage

1

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

2

twenty-five

1

one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime

3

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

3

to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory

2

rehearsal

3

another school; other schools

1

guardians; parents; father and older brother

1

dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered

2

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

2

side

2

offstage; backstage; behind the scenes

1

control room

1

stairs; stairway; staircase

8

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

6

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

2

to go up the stairs

1

hard-to-use space (in an apartment, etc.); dead space (artillery, etc.); (respiratory) dead space

1

(corrugated) cardboard

1

shorts; short pants

1

baseball cap

1

class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.

1

interesting (personality, turn of phrase, etc.); pleasantly different; tasteful; attractive; charming

1

the spirit of curiosity

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