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the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

2

to pass; to go past

1

child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child

1

potential; latent faculties; potential capacities

1

recommendation; referral; endorsement

2

javelin (throw)

2

successive championships

1

smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation

3

celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

1

being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)

1

key station; flagship station; leading station of a broadcasting network

1

news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

1

being very popular; being in great demand

1

person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)

4

wild goose; glans; head of a penis

1

box of cakes

1

(on) the same day

1

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

1

decisiveness

1

to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away

1

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much

1

lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer

2

handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate

2

non-slip device (material, tread, etc.); non-skid; anti-slip; back-up option (esp. with regard to university admissions); back-up choice; insurance choice

3

lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say

1

third year of high school; third-year high-school student

1

grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult

3

wife who is older than her husband

1

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

12

straw sandals

1

not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)

1

strange; odd; unusual

1

history; pedigree; lineage

4

citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

2

Tokyo

7

scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability

5

It's a piece of cake; It's a simple task; It's a cinch

5

sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)

1

change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly

1

tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony

2

punishment; judgement; judgment

2

ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

5

to be dispirited; to be dejected; to lose heart; to become discouraged; to be crestfallen; to be utterly disheartened

2

as it is; frankly

2

chess

1

to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

3

hardship; toil; trouble

2

to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent

1

go (board game)

3

energy; vigor; vigour; vitality

1