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carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip

3

manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle

1

indictment; prosecution; complaint

2

fast approach; quick intimacy

1

beauty treatment; cosmetology; beauty salon; beauty-treatment clinic

2

shoulder massage (performed by tapotement); tap on the shoulder (request to resign)

1

child; childish person; immature person

1

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

1

pure white

1

favorable reception; good reputation; popularity

2

lost property; something dropped and left behind

1

distortion; falsification; perversion

1

minority group (party); minority

2

(sexually) attractive older woman; mature woman; MILF

1

without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately

2

Fao

1

consultation on career, university, etc. choices

3

season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh

1

disclosure; exposure; revelation

3

ideally; if one were to wish for more

1

to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you

2

medical faculty

2

Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA)

1

volume (sound)

1

noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism

1

tuition fee; course fee

1

scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan

4

to think of; to come up with

2

inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

1

working adult; full-fledged member of society

3

leader; central personage

1

birth date; date of birth; DOB

1

ingenuity; resourcefulness

3

explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology

1

thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant

3

inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)

2

to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious

3

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

2

fishing; collecting shells; fisherman

1

motivation

6

unseasonable; out of season

1

to happen to pass by

6

lifting (a child) high up in the air

2

be (that) as it may; having said that

2

squishy; springy; bouncy

1

less than ...; smaller ...

1

disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to

1

touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)

1

back of head

2

act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

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