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lama

1

salt; salt content

1

excess; surplus; superabundance

1

to gush forth

2

sweets; sweet food

2

to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true

2

trace

3

pupil; student; schoolchild

4

tip-off (to the authorities); information (on); anonymous report

2

proper; right; reasonable

1

a period (of time)

2

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

1

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both

4

inferiority

1

open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest

1

to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)

1

organization chart; organisation chart

2

subdivision; section; branch

1

to be shrewd; to be sharp; to keep your wits about you; (lit.) to pluck out the eye of a live horse

1

competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

2

career bureaucrats

7

goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul

2

post; official position; managerial position; executive position

6

aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

10

Assistant Vice-Minister; Deputy Director-General; Councillor

1

however; whatever

5

middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary

1

upper right

2

position

10

pen holder; desk tidy

1

to mark a correct answer with a circle

1

class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.

5

general affairs department (bureau); executive section

1

questionnaire results; survey results

4

one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing

2

searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something

2

stalled session of the Diet (Japanese Parliament)

1

clause; article; stipulations

3

resolution; vote; decision

4

(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

1

to gain traction; to develop momentum; to get a boost; to pick up steam

1

to approach; to draw near

8

the matter you have been talking about

2

in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story

1

uncooperative; unhelpful

4

taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

1

retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven

16

by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking

1

custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule

3

in the ministry; in the department

2