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chance (of success); odds

3

economic world; financial circles; business community

1

mum; mom

1

criticism; commentary; review

1

noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing

2

second floor; upstairs

4

to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

7

major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle

1

to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily

1

actor; actress; player; performer

3

old man; old geezer

2

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

10

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

2

benefiting from the influence of a master or parent

1

bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

2

Seisawa

1

nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

1

three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)

1

(TV or radio) entertainer; television personality; talent; skill; talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)

1

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking

2

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

1

unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular

4

if; in case; supposing

1

automatic

3

thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

8

to keep (a person) waiting

12

reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

3

worthy of; worth doing; worth having

2

retort; back talk; backchat

5

present-day science; modern science

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

2

if I (we, etc.) could

6

to have a reason; to have an excuse

1

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

3

now; come (now); well

11

with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life

2

opinion; intention; thought

2

of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune

1

anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation

1

fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)

5

thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab

3

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

7

school term; semester

27

strictly speaking

5

comparatively; relatively

4

unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time

4

the lower classes; the common people

2

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

2

Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

3

chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter

1