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button (clothing); push-button

4

(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy

1

to discuss; to talk together

4

typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style

1

sales message; sales copy

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

sizzle (sound of meat cooking); shrill droning of a cicada

1

really; truly

5

to be finished; to be completed; to be done

2

Monday

2

press; print shop; printing office

1

to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

1

working on a day off

1

warm welcome

1

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

2

stock (of goods); reserve; supply

1

between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

2

to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

1

hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)

7

respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

1

cup noodles; cup ramen

3

emptiness; vacuum; blank

1

container; receptacle; vessel; packaging

2

overtime (work)

4

tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

1

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

2

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

2

to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down

2

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

2

therefore; for that reason; such being the case

1

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

8

manner; style

1

to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

2

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

chip; microchip; chip (in poker, roulette, etc.); casino token; chip (shot); (wood) chip

6

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

1

guidebook

2

cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

11

light meal

1

clerk at the information desk

1

to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge

1

opera house

1

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

2

ticket

1

concierge

1

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

1

to have the nerve to

1

guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily

1

(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission

3

such-and-such a place

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