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currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air

3

close; intimate; on good terms

3

to blush; to have flushed cheeks

1

knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge

1

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

1

anger; wrath

5

gluttonous; greedy

1

(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

6

to eat a mouthful; to take a bite

1

cream (colour, color)

1

to become empty; to be emptied

2

home cooking

1

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

2

smoothly; easily; readily

1

ball-point pen

3

on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)

1

to be somewhat stylish; to be somewhat chic

1

report; paper; reportage

7

university student; college student

3

writing on someone's behalf

2

presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

1

copying in entirety (verbatim)

2

graduation thesis; bachelor's degree thesis

1

manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying

3

light brown; tawny

3

change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration

1

to estimate

1

elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

5

army corps; corps

2

inheritance; something given or received

1

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

2

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

1

a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond; quality is quality; an old eagle is better than a young crow; (lit.) even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream

1

technical; practical

1

choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup

1

earnings

3

10,000 yen

1

side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending

1

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

4

to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded

2

with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly

1

to sit down; to take a seat

1

baseball

5

paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement

1

just how; how (dare you)

3

team

2

poor batting

1

strikeout; strike out; fanning out

1