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to understand from experience

3

amorous glance; leer; shade (of color); tint; ingratiation; sycophancy

1

ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing

7

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

4

miso soup

1

(smelling) strongly; pungently; angrily; furiously; indignantly

3

homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country

1

deep emotion; strong feelings

1

long journey; long trip

1

premature joy; short-lived elation

1

feel when biting; manner of enunciation

3

cream puff

3

shoe polish

2

Creme Puff (cat)

1

foreign; abroad; overseas

2

body language

1

to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...

1

experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; (lit.) it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught

1

firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

1

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

1

strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower

1

be; is

1

genuine; authentic; true; real

1

grain of boiled rice

2

thank you; thanks

1

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

1

to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange

1

American; American-style (weak) drip coffee

2

Americanization; Americanisation

2

expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent

4

sum

1

confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself

2

lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)

1

count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)

3

one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing

1

placement; fixed position; mapping out; location

1

host country (e.g. for a conference)

1

exhibition; display

5

small part (e.g. in a film); bit part; extra

1

to ask for too much; to expect too much

3

order (for goods or services); order (sequence); order (of magnitude); order

1

competition; contest

1

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

1

properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly

1

also called

1

tedious; boring; being fed up with

3

to get conceited; to become vain; to get stuck up; to get a swollen head; (lit.) to become a tengu

2

to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail

1

end of this month

1

single; single bed; hotel room with a single bed; single-breasted; single-cuffed; single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters); singles (tennis, badminton, etc.)

2