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to amuse oneself; to make merry

3

liquidation (of a company); finishing remaining business

2

to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

2

very unlikely to ...; showing no signs of ...

1

director; trustee

10

heartbreak; grief; sorrow

4

to be enchanted; to be charmed

1

obligation; duty; charge; responsibility

1

long time (since the last time); first in a long time

1

clay; clay pigeon shooting; clay target

1

to leave space (between)

1

to become insensitive; to become less perceptive; to lose one's touch; to get out of practice

1

vitamin

3

performing solo; having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled)

1

to make someone lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish

1

pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl

3

potential

3

anthropology

1

traditional Japanese meal brought in courses; tea-ceremony dishes

1

slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping

1

Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War

1

Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)

1

public funds

11

to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)

2

variety of court dance (Nara period)

1

taking responsibility

3

Nagano (city, prefecture)

1

diversion to military use

2

continued consultation; continuous conference

1

unexamined; untested; unscreened

1

great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor

2

philandering; itch for women

1

reconsideration

2

ideology

7

through a fusuma

2

manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks

2

to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

1

medicine manufacture; drug manufacture

1

surrounding countries; neighboring countries; neighbouring countries

1

strictly; severely; rigidly

1

thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

1

egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top

1

Christ

10

bashing; fierce criticism; bussing; busing; removing dirty dishes from tables in a restaurant

1

to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx

1

karuna (compassion)

1

hazard; hazard flashers; hazard warning lights

1

outside the country; abroad

2

maintenance costs

2

trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)

1