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appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom

2

pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

2

to grow vegetables

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Puzzle video game

2

unfazed; stone-faced; unflinching; perfectly calm

1

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

4

fine performance; excellent performance

2

(cash) register; checkout (counter); cashier

5

roadside trees; row of trees

1

along the road; at the side of the road

1

penguin

3

small; compact

1

to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath

3

to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder

1

to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter

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to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget

2

soccer; (association) football; seersucker

2

close play (esp. in baseball)

1

to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs

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stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage

2

personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups

1

floor above; floor upstairs

1

to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow

1

to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp

1

the two; both

2

puffed up; plump

7

coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

1

panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind

4

that said; that being said

1

art of conversation

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to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

2

laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow

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smartphone; smart phone

1

standby screen (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper

2

bed-wetting

1

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

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to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

3

to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege

1

to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind

1

Minister of Finance; Treasurer

1

talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting

1

remittance; sending money; transferring money

1

adhesion; conglutination; accretion; collusion; collusive relationship; cozy relationship

1

outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)

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hush-up; cover-up

2

Tokyo Bay

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reference; allusion

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whichever one chooses; either way

2

doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

2

to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap

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