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picking up trash; collecting garbage

4

to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

1

up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care

5

no comment

2

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

6

to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

1

establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)

3

income

1

selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell

1

north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

2

second floor; upstairs

6

to be

6

just you wait and see (as a threat)

1

agreement; stipulation; article; clause

1

extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering

1

to burn into one's memory; to sear an image

4

wicked; evil

6

wave motion; undulation; surge; wave

2

to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

3

garments; attire

4

assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds

6

to single out

1

elite; best; pick; cream of the crop

1

domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country

1

participants; participating athletes

2

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

7

backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position

1

cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation

1

to mimic; to imitate

1

stress; accent; emphasis

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

8

judgment; judgement; divination; judgement

7

anti-nuisance ordinance; ordinance against disturbing the peace

1

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

2

to besmirch; to sully

1

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

1

party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit

5

arrival

5

training extra hard

2

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

1

inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus

3

to give the stamp of approval

1

katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice

1

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

Chinese herbal medicine

1

roots

2

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

1

hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously

1

digestive medicine; medicine for the stomach and bowels

2