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special award; special prize

5

three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

2

(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive

1

honorable certificate; honourable certificate

2

extra prize

1

100,000; hundred thousand

2

spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread

1

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

3

status; position; method; way; rule; regulation

3

to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

2

favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias

2

first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order

1

selection; screening

1

every time; each round

3

to take; to catch; to capture

1

difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them

3

to carry forward (i.e. on a balance sheet); to transfer

1

(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)

1

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar

8

four-eyed; pattern of four squares

1

kickoff party; rally; pep party

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

5

toast; congratulatory cup

1

easy to drink; easy to swallow; quaffable

1

for a while; for some time; for a period

1

to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability

1

state of progress

1

to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed

1

to drink too much

2

pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over

3

human relations; personal relationships

5

lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator

1

juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink

1

to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink)

5

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

1

permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

1

cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN

1

drinking alcohol

2

what people say; rumours; public opinion

1

police; police officer; police station

1

prefectural assembly member

1

city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman

1

newspaper company

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle

1

implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

1

standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

4

with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly

2

bust-waist-hip measurements; vital statistics

2