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going through; going via; going by way of

2

unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

2

confectionery making

2

sewing; needlework

1

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

2

without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately

1

both extremes

2

strong point; merit; virtue; advantage

4

defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage

2

trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause

1

a posteriori; acquired

1

since some time or another; since who-knows-when

4

unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

3

genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional

6

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

12

to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

2

characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)

2

hint

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weakest

1

when using

1

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

6

to be enlivened; to be exhilarated

1

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

7

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

4

a number of days

1

to feel inferior; to feel small

1

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

5

round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm

1

drastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy; drastic measures; drastic steps

1

forcibly; against one's will

8

to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against

2

intropunitive; tending to blame oneself (rather than others)

1

to take advantage of (someone's) weakness

5

outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness

2

whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force

1

rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating

2

to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce

1

stretch

1

small talk; chat; gossip

2

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

6

serious; severe; grave; acute

4

comical

1

older sister

25

full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

2

whispered conversation; whispering

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

2

good job

1

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

2

preliminary step; first step

1

aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

15