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direct connection; direct link

1

long distance relationship

2

sense of stability

1

most (numerous); largest (number of)

1

stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate

1

end of the fiscal year; end of the school year

2

Budget Committee (of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet); budget committee

2

February; second month of the lunar calendar

6

Valentine's Day

3

warming (something) in a vessel placed in hot water

2

obligation chocolate; chocolate given by women to male colleagues, etc. out of obligation on Valentine's day

4

a bolt out of the blue

1

distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

1

chocolate given to a friend (on Valentine's day)

3

punishment; penalty

1

you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just

1

fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead

1

negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss

1

directly opposite; right in front

1

as anyone can see

1

load on one's chest; obstacle; hindrance; impediment

1

meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable

2

enthusiastic praise

1

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

2

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

1

speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

2

research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)

1

nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply

1

trial product; prototype model

1

tasting; sampling

2

selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf

3

female university student

1

great debt of gratitude; great obligation

1

to control; to command; to get the better of

1

sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue

1

to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to

1

to say too much; to go too far

1

to antagonize; to provoke antipathy

1

contamination (esp. foreign bodies in food)

1

lickety-split; quickly

1

omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette

3

Maruchan

1

finding employment; getting a job

1

process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

1

humbly; after a time; later; followed by; next

1

imperious; proud

1

to approve of

1

all means

1

works cited; references

1