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liking; taste; choice

2

timid; faint of heart

1

one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother

1

to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; (lit.) to indicate by pointing one's chin; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber

1

win; victory

3

limited stocks; limited lines; limited supplies

1

pride; boast

1

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

2

in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless

1

cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot

1

to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

1

rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling

2

sociolect spoken in the Tokyo area by gyaru

1

to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to

1

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

1

prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering

1

blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment

1

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

1

to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

1

risk

1

mathematical

2

gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

3

self; oneself

5

to be a matter of life or death

1

ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

2

(lower) jaw; chatterbox

1

taking a commemorative photo

2

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

1

with a click

1

expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

1

Musu; Mus

1

to cling to; to hold on to; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of; to possess

1

intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)

2

transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay

1

to begin to speak

1

unique; peculiar; singular

2

mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

23

everyday life; daily life

1

frequency (of occurrence)

2

time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on

1

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

1

intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)

2

uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual

2

everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes

2

neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession

1

receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)

2

fax; facsimile; fax machine

1

unconditional

2

second year of high school; second-year high-school student

1

to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark

1