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older sister

14

partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

8

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

38

direct purchase

1

holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

8

entry qualifications; joining qualifications

1

copper coin

4

maneuvering ground; manoeuvering ground

3

to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)

4

abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance

1

one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)

7

800,000; eight hundred thousand

1

8000; eight thousand; many

1

commerce and industry

1

meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

1

morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)

1

to be of no importance

2

one's (official) authority; power

1

tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

12

taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.

2

to become greasy; to be oil-stained

1

unarmed; without weapons

2

partially consumed drink; partially consuming a drink

2

drinking directly (from bottle, can, flask, canteen, etc.)

1

uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous

1

outside one's jurisdiction

3

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

5

laws and ordinances; acts (of parliament, congress, etc.)

1

gloomy

1

to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot

1

tasting a food that one has previously heard of

2

something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with

4

outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment

5

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

6

announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

6

owner

1

medicinal poisoning; chemical poisoning; drug poisoning; drug addiction

1

to talk (a person) down; to confute

2

maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full

3

to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out

1

wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord

1

conjurer; magician; illusionist

1

public performance; exhibition in a foreign country

2

to shake with rage

1

cannot possibly be

2

usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

4

business; trade; operations; sales

6

to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

4

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

4

peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)

1