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to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead

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abusive language; violent language; wild words

4

January; first month of the lunar calendar

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soon; in the near future

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to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded

4

minced meat; ground meat

1

physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline

5

precipice; cliff; flat head

4

capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper

5

unique; unsurpassed; ranking foremost

1

terrain; geographical features; topography

1

the (four) limbs; arms and legs

1

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

2

discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

2

unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of

4

to be famous; to be celebrated; to be worthy of the name

1

hypocrisy

2

fanatic

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provision of information

3

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

6

pomelo (Citrus maxima); shaddock

2

spiritualism; idealism

3

gas mask

1

laughing gas; nitrous oxide

1

problem-solving

1

illogical

4

equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

4

compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison; as I see it; by my estimate

1

end; close; conclusion; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

1

academic advisor (e.g. at a university research lab)

2

training; education; development; cultivation

1

plaster cast; cast; gypsum; plaster-of-paris

4

to jar; to creak; to grate

2

equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on

1

comic strip with dramatic story

1

fighting spirit (in sport); tenacity

1

to practice magic; to practise magic

1

shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship

1

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

4

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

5

eye discharge; eye mucus; sleep

1

nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey

1

halo; aureole; aureola; halo (optical phenomenon); glory

1

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

2

still; as yet; as of old

3

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

3

to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

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(dead) body; corpse

1

incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome

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to be hideously burned; to be burned raw

2