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adaptability; flexibility

2

(doing) as one is told

2

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

1

weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless

1

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

2

to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

1

to poke; to push

1

unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

1

to get tired of waiting

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

2

wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent

1

vexing; irritating; impatient

1

to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might

1

licentiousness

2

to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)

1

large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)

5

to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

2

masochist; masochism

1

in addition

1

direct hit

1

swallowing; deglutition

1

flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

3

grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely

1

finally; at last; ultimately; in the end

1

whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying

1

to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature

1

the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly

1

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

3

internal; domestic

4

opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)

2

sale

1

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

2

fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking

1

price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee

2

total; full amount; sum

1

nice; likeable; desirable

1

to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

1

pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe

2

large company; large enterprise; large corporation

3

to get a phone call

4

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

2

carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in

1

warehouseman; storekeeper

1

new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)

2

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

2

branch office; branch store

2

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

1

series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

3